Failed Escape
Then I slipped into the same blue dress I'd worn five years ago, styled my hair and makeup just as I had back then, and headed to Celestia.
Where everything began, and where it would end.
It was the same table. The same view.
Aaron must've had the restaurant prepare everything in advance, Celestia looked even more extravagant than it had five years ago.
Fine crystal, flickering candles, and a centerpiece of white lilies filled the room with their faint perfume.
There were no other guests tonight, only a discreet line of servers standing quietly in the distance.
He'd cleared the place again.
Typical Aaron.
I sighed, gazing out the window where the city lights were beginning to blur into the d