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Blood on the Bloom

Author: Monellawrites
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Kol

Sleep was slowly becoming a luxury I could no longer afford.

Aria was beside me, restless. The warning in the garden had made the both of us restless. There was no peace. Not when Lira was still out there, watching, planning, and I had no idea how she made that flower bloom.

I slipped out of bed quietly and found Elias waiting at the door, his face was grave.

“No breach,” he reported. “No scent trail. No broken gates, no strange footprints.”

I clenched my jaw. “She was here, Elias. That flower didn’t bloom itself.”

He nodded. “I’m not doubting it. Which leaves us with two possibilities, either she used dark magic… or someone inside helped her.”

My stomach twisted at the implication of that. I then turned away and walked down the corridor toward the inner estate with my voice tight. “Tighten the borders. No one gets in or out without my permission. I want the entire staff vetted. Every single one. New, old, doesn’t matter. If anyone so much as sniffed the wrong wind, I want to know
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