She was the crystalline table, lined with decadent meals and beverages, all traditional in a sense, and none of it she craved.
“How much longer do you think they’ll be in there?”
When Kazmiyah asked Aurora this, she snapped out of her reverie, remembering that her younger cousin was standing next to her. Aurora tried to recover with a quick answer. “Hopefully, not too long.” She tried to quip.
“Are you alright, aunt Aurora?” Magdalyn asked, as she seemed to have noticed, along with Kazmiyah, that something was wrong.
“I’m-I’m fine!” Her voice was riddled with far more exclamations than she had originally planned. An uneasy smile fell upon her lips. “Completely fine, darling.” She said to her niece. Aurora looked back in the direction in which her aunt and mother had disappeared into
