The hall was buzzing with life. The air was filled with laughter and the smell of good food was in the air. I proudly let my gaze wander over the decorations we had put up together.

People had started dancing, but I was just listening to the melody of the strings. The last time I was at a festival of this kind, I stood in the shadows. I never expected to be one of them. A woman in a beautiful dress, not the frightened girl with shaking hands.

"Hey Lucy," Moira called.

I recognized her heading toward me through a crowd of people. In tow was Finn, who looked at...