A Crown of Emeralds

The chaotic energy of my suite offered no distraction from the chilling echo of my uncle’s voice fading from my mind. A night for history. The words felt like a death sentence wrapped in velvet. I forced myself to focus on the present, exhaling a shaky breath as the elite stylists bustled around us, their hands a blur of frantic preparation. They had instructed us to strip down to our sheer underg