Lahat ng Kabanata ng Court Of Sins And Twilight: Kabanata 81 - Kabanata 85

EDINA POVI crouched as another child handed me a daisy crown, a little crooked but still intact.“For you,” she whispered, shy but proud.I took it, my throat tightening. “It’s beautiful. Thank you.”“You’re very shiny,” said a wraith boy nearby, blinking up at me. “Your eyes are strange.”“Wraith manners are a work in progress,” Feena called over her shoulder, already busy sorting a stack of medicine bundles. “Just nod and smile.”I did exactly that.We walked farther in, weaving through the small village paths where homes were carved into trees, nestled into earth, or floating just above shallow ponds on lily-thick waters. Some homes had ropes of bones and herbs hanging from the doors. Others had polished glass beads and old starlight charms.And the more I saw, the more I understood.They couldn’t leave.This place wasn’t just a home. It was their body. Their breath.The trees bent toward them like guardians. The air shimmered differently here, thick with earth-magic. Wraiths ling

EDINA POVFeena and I step off the carriage, our skirts brushing the grass as we touch the familiar pathway leading back to Baelorin’s estate. The late afternoon sun splinters through gnarled branches overhead, casting dappled shadows against the mossy stones. The distant laughter of pixies and rustle of leaves feels like an echo of the countryside’s warm embrace — and not-so-distant, the hollow clink of approaching footsteps.I glance up and spot Baelorin striding toward us — his posture rigid, dark hair catching the sun, and those green eyes narrowed like I’d been caught doing something cruelly wrong. He turns to Feena just as we approach, long-legged and tense.“You took her to the countryside,” his voice is low, controlled — but there’s a growl in it.Feena straightens, basket of gifts in hand. “She wanted to see it,” she says plainly. “She was fine. She’s a big girl.”He tilts his head, jaw clenched. “And if there’d been an Algoth attack? A demon ambush? Dozens of fae wicker rest