We ran into the fray and Geraldine’s bellowing voice carried across the crowd somewhere close by. “Look yonder! How the Court of Solaria festers before our very eyes!” I glanced back at the high walls and glittering flagpoles rising up behind me, the mould crawling all over it, swallowing every piece. A groaning sounded before a crack shot up the central wall and a loud crash came from somewhere inside the building. It didn’t look like it would be long before the whole structure collapsed, and my chest swelled with the knowledge that I was responsible for its fall.
