Chapter 43

Celestria’s expression seemed to fall as she came face to face with the girl. All the colour drained from her cheeks, and I couldn’t help but feel as though she had seen a ghost.

It wasn’t until the girl had shaken her hand and turned to offer the rest of the crowd a smile and a wave that I saw what had startled Celestria so.

I was so shocked that my knees threatened to buckle, and I found myself grabbing hold of the Goddess fountain I’d been standing in the shadow of.

Bri! My mind whirled at the sight of her. The last I’d seen of her, she’d been turning cold and grey in my arms, but now she was as radiant as the day I’d first seen her sitting across the cafeteria with her friends.

Her skin was as pale as porcelain, attracting the late summer sun and causing her hair to look as though it was licked with flames.

Before I knew what I was doing, my feet began to carry me through the crowd.