Mackenzie “Oh, my God! This is insane!” I shouted above the noise from backstage. It wasn’t as if I hadn’t been to a concert before, but I’d never seen any of Lucid Mantra’s concerts, and it was indeed overwhelming to see so many people like that. The stadium was crowded, and I had no doubt that many more people were attempting to enter at the last minute. I didn’t understand how well-known and in-demand Maverick and his band were until recently, which was really mind-blowing. “I know! It’s so surreal how this happens every time,” Riley shouted back with a broad grin on her face as she scanned the crowd. I could tell that she was just as ecstatic, proud, and nervous as I was, and yet she had been to a lot of their concerts before, so I could just imagine what she was seeing each time the

