Arella’s POV
“You, my dear,” Selena’s voice cheerfully drifted towards me, and I spun towards her, her eyes sparkling with delight. "Are a goddess-send!”
I was standing near the refreshment table when Selena glided over. With a broad grin on her face, she greeted me with an air kiss on each cheek. She then grabbed us a drink each and pressed a glass into my hand, clinking it with her own.
“I haven’t seen the castle so lively and happy in over a year!” She grinned, gesturing to a group of pups that were trying to pin the tail on the donkey. And of course, Zane dunking for apples had a bunch of kids laughing outright while a couple of grownups were discreet enough to hide their grins behind a subtle hand gesture. And then there were people like me, shamelessly recording the whole thing an
