Glaze Lilies Novels & Stories

Its petals shimmered with an otherworldly iridescence, shifting between shades of silver and pale blue as if capturing the very essence of moonlight. Lilly's heart raced as she realised what she was looking at. Moon Roses, the legendary flower of the Moon Goddess herself, were only meant to bloom once in a lifetime, but now a second one had appeared in front of her. At least while she wasn’t in a trance at first, and this one was like the first one, not like the three that everyone thought might be some kind of countdown.

“It’s been engineered to slow metabolic decay in the root system.” Milrac doesn’t look away from her. “It was designed to preserve them indefinitely.” “By who?” He pauses briefly. “No one I still trust.” That answer settles heavily between us. I step closer to the lilies and lower myself beside Vessa. The leaves are darker than anything I’ve worked with before — almost metallic in certain angles of light, like they are holding onto something they refuse to release. “My grandmother mentioned these once,” I say quietly. Milrac glances at me.

she explained, bowing. Wow! I never knew such culture still exist. "And these lilies? I have never seen these before," I said, pointing at the other ones. " They are Asiatic double lilies. Very rare to find and grows in our Kingdom once in a hundred years. Although they might grow in your world more often. Ours is different. You will know the difference at night. It's a surprise that we saw a few just few days to your coming," Mira said, looking happy.