Chapter 13
TIFFANY
Tears flowed down my face as I stared at my best friend, lying on her death bed. Ruby was as pale as Snow White from the movies, but her lips weren’t a ruby red, and her hair wasn’t a raven black.
Instead, my friend’s normally lustrous red hair was limp and carrot-colored. Even her lips were pale.
“What’s happened to her?” I sobbed, stumbling over to the bed where I landed on the mattress.
I slid onto the bed with her and reached for her hand. “I thought the stasis spell was going to help her!”
My mom put an arm around my shoulders. “It’s meant to, honey. But unfortunately, as you can, she’s getting worse.”
My throat burned with tears, and I swallowed hard to force the lump down so I could speak again. I’d been hoping, so much, that I would arrive at Ruby’s to fin
