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Chapter 17-The Garden Before the Storm

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Irene

The air is warm and sweet tonight, thick with the scent of wild thyme and the faint salt carried on the breeze from the river. Summer lingers here, the kind that settles into the bones and makes the world feel softer. Rowan hums in the kitchen, the clatter of knives and pans floating through the open window as he prepares dinner. Elias and Cassian are on border patrol, their voices fading as they shift and vanish into the trees. Kevin mutters somewhere above, fixing the broken latch of the window with stubborn determination.

For once, the house feels alive, every sound a reminder that I am not alone.

I step outside into the garden. The soil crunches lightly beneath my shoes, the air heavy with warmth that clings to my skin. The garden is simple—rows of herbs, a few stubborn lilies that survived without much care, a tree leaning lazily over the fence. It’s not much, not yet. But in my eyes, I see what it could be.

It can be more, Arya whispers in the back of my mind, her voi
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