Chapter Fifty Three: Your Eyes!

CLAIRE's POV

My head felt like it had been dragged around a concrete floor ruthlessly. The pounding in my head refused to stop and it felt like my skull would rip apart.

I forced my eyes opened and I was immediately greeted with a blurry room. I blinked my eyes twice and my vision began to clear slowly.

I looked to my side and found the empress seated beside the bed, looking deep in thought.

“Empress?”

She looked up at me, and her eyes lit up.

“Is the ceremonial rites over?” I asked.

I felt disoriented. I tried to recall what had happened during the rites, but the ache in my head refused me to do so.

“Claire, your eyes…they are a different colour.” The empress breathed as she stared at me with wide eyes.

Different colour? I blinked at her, my brows wrinkled with puzzlement. She swiped a small hand mirror from the table beside her and handed it to me.

“See for yourself.”

I placed the mirror in front of me and my heart caught in my throat. My blue eyes were no where to be seen. What sta