C61 Graduation Day!

Aarhea’s Point of View

The word still felt strange on my tongue, like something that belonged to another life, a life where I wasn’t Alpha, where I didn’t sit in endless meetings and engagements with the council, where I didn’t carry the weight of my father’s name.

But this morning, as I slipped into the simple white dress that marked the ceremony, I allowed myself to feel it. The joy