Chapter 163

Celestia was still reeling from what her father had just told her-his words echoing in her ears, his serious expression replaying like a loop in her mind. Her chest felt tight, the kind of breathless pressure that made it hard to even think straight. She had... other relatives. The news spun around in her head like fog. Her dad was an orphan, so that meant all her other family came from her mom's side. There was a flicker of happiness when she first heard it, sure. But it was quickly drowned out by confusion and disbelief. Part of her couldn't wrap her head around it at all. After sitting with the thought for a while, she found she still couldn't really take it in. She didn't know how much time had passed when the taxi finally pulled up in front of the hotel. Moving almost on autopilot, Celestia paid the fare and stumbled out, barely hearing the driver ask about change before she walked inside. She went straight to the room Jareth had mentioned in his text. The door was already open. T