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I pulled back, my eyes lit with anticipation "After ently extricated hi, thinking he was being funny, it didn’t take h harder

In fact, I was laughing as he slid the engageh Maybe it wasn’t the n If we entered ether would be filled with it

Killian kissed the ring on ave me one last hard kiss, and then handed et theh the door that would take hi the loud murmurs of talk as they waited for me, I took a deep breath

I couldn’t hear the floorboards creak under my feet since the conversation of a hundred people was so loud, but I felt the a hundred stares beyond the stage lights, I didn’t look at theed my Taylor into the amp, slid onto the stool, and adjusted my mic

Finally, I looked up

Everyone was a dark shadow against the lights and it was a fa time since I was so physically close to e alone before

The silence see what they were thinking I knew they wanted to be here because the tickets sold out in the first ten minutes, but I was still nervous I didn’t want to let them down

"Woohoo, Skylar!" I heard Autumn catcall from the crowd

It made me smile and reminded me she was out there That Killian, my fiancé and best friend in the world, was out there "Hey, guys," I greeted

That was all it took The rooia hit me with so much force, tears pricked my eyes

"Wow, thank you," I said as they quieted down, h the mic "I really appreciate the welcome I don’t know if you know this, butTut’s The offer to play here was too great to turn down and I’ht to letTut’s!" sohed into theto kick off tonight with a song called ‘Ghost’" I struuitar to the applause, noise that died down as soon as I opened ht there wither ownedthose lyrics back to est hit off the album, and felt a rush of love and support from that audience like I’d never felt in h the histles "I’uys This was the last song on the albu about the best beginning I could’ve ever asked for Killian, this one’s yours, babe, just likestill,

Cemented heart, bricked-over soul

But there were cracks I couldn’t see,

Through the called out

"The river heard ed in stone,

And you were colder on your throne

Of freezing waves that floodedupon you