When Seraphine knocked Eve was ready.
She came in with Raphael and Vessa behind her.
Maya pushed past all of them.
Came straight to Eve.
Looked at her face.
"Are you okay," she said.
"Yes," Eve said.
"Actually okay or I'm fine okay."
"Actually okay," Eve said.
Maya studied her for another second.
Then she nodded.
"Good," she said. "Because Vessa cried in the corridor and I didn't know what to do."
"I did not cry," Vessa said from behind her.
"Your eyes were wet," Maya said.
"That's different," Vessa said.
"How is that different."
"Maya," Eve said.
Maya looked at her.
Eve raised an eyebrow.
Maya pressed her lips together.
"Fine," she said.
Seraphine stood in front of the throne.
She looked at Eve directly.
"The formal announcement needs to go out today," she said. "To the full Conclave. To all faction leaders. To every supernatural governing body that recognizes this Court." She paused. "Once it goes out there's no taking it back."
"I know," Eve said.
