By the time the judges walked in, the arena was filled to capacity. The judges walked in one by one, with Cici Lane as the last. When she appeared, the crowd erupted in cheers.
Cynthia waved as she walked towards the judge's desk. Her eyes casually took in the crowd—until they fell on Kane and the twins.
The boys were holding head cutouts of Aurelia and neon signs declaring their support for her. Cynthia looked away and proceeded to her seat. No one in her family had ever shown her that kind of support. Instead, they'd been quick to expect her to discard her passion.
Pushing them to the back of her mind, she sat down. There were only five contestants remaining at this stage, and Aurelia was one of them.
Cynthia thought some of the contestants who got eliminated earlier were s
