Coronation Over Ruins

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The procedure is in an hour.

I’m in a private hospital in Manhattan, the air a sick mix of antiseptic and expensive perfume. I sit alone in the waiting room, my fingers numbly scrolling through my phone, trying to distract myself.

A hot post from r/AskReddit pops up on my feed:

What does "Main Character Energy" mean to you?

The top comment has a shocking number of upvotes.

[I’m the expert on this. I'm the spoiled "fake heiress" of my family.]

[While the idiot with the real bloodline su