Chapter 3
The Festival
Verin and his mother and sister walked home later that night. The shock from the incident Verin introduced had dissipated. All three now talked gleefully about their plans for the Festival of Three.
“I was wondering,” asked Verin to his sister, “if you wanted to help me and Maxx with the fireworks?”
“I’d love to Ver, but I promised one of my friends that I would help with the banquet. I’m a tender, remember?”
“Oh, that’s right!”
“You should ask your Father. Maybe he would like to help.”
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