Chapter FourteenTime seemed to pause the second the words escaped my mouth. My eyes flew open to find Merrin staring at me with an astonished and disbelieving look on her face.
She stared at me for several moments before she turned to look at Zoe, who began to nod.
“You can’t be serious?’ Merrin demanded. Her tone was close clipped as if she was having a hard time of holding her composure. “I have known Celestria since we were children.”
“I’m sorry to have to tell you this, but your childhood friend is a raging b***h,” Zoe snapped. Her harshness and use of cuss words took me by surprise, and when I looked over at her, I could see her trembling.
I reached out to take hold of her hand and gave it a gentle squeeze.
“I can’t help but find this hard to believe.” Merrin shook her head and l
