Inked Flowers Novels & Stories

he said excitedly to the others. The one with black hair closed his eyes, covering the irises that were the same color as the night sky. “She’s here,” he said in a whisper. He turned to the other three, a grin on his face, and continued, “The Moonflower.”

Kyl and Nina are spending time together just like old times. They were sitting in front of Kyl's home and weaving flowers together. Nina: how about we intertwine pink and white flowers together. It'd be beautiful. Kyl: yes it would. Let's use water lilies for it. Nina: oh my! Kyl do you remember when... She looks around and whispers covering her left jaw slightly to prevent anyone from hearing Nina: .....we went to the shore and ran into some humans dressing like flowers and plants

The purple light that filled this space had all come from these bewitching purple flowers. Within this incomparably dreadful world of darkness, The light around Yin Zi Jue and Lin Ye Xie's bodies could only illuminate an area that was not even a hundrend meters wide but these bewitching flowers could clearly illuminate a very large area and the light that was being radiated was incredibly clear. It seemed to be near at hand and it was not dimmed by the darkness at all. Lin Ye Xie sigh as he stared at this countless beautiful flowers. These bewitching yet beautiful purple flowers were clearly the Grandine Flowers!!!

Shapes almost quietly moved away with time. Desert flowers stood in vases on the bedside table—Brittlebush, Baileya, and Penstemon parryi- their petals a watercanvas of a bruised sunset, dried edges curling like parchment. Trinkets sat tucked along shelves and ledges: carved charms, beadwork, little talismans made to ward off things a human from Dawny didn’t believe let alone need, that is, until he married a woman who did.

Justin was working on a new strategy to supply their products in Asia and other emerging markets. Two days after she moved back to the Adams Mansion, she received a delivery from ‘Immortal Gardens’ in her office. It was a huge, beautiful flower arrangement encased in a glass container with a wooden base. The arrangement contained immortal roses, hydrangeas and other smaller flowers in different colors. The front of the wooden base had a message engraved on it, “You are incandescent.” She smiled from ear to ear. She knew exactly who sent her the flowers. She took a photo and sent Jin a message.

I wanted to ask him if he had a list of items they would consider disrespectful, but I was too nervous. The skull monkeys' presence didn't seem to bother Laeddin at all. As we walked along some unseen path, he pointed out the different birds, insects, trees, and flowers indigenous to this part of the world. The most interesting was a black flower that was bigger than my hand. Seven large leaves made up the base and there were several smaller flowers inside, like a large black cotton ball. Its center was red as were the veins within the petals, making the flower appear to be dripping blood. "What is that one called?"

If I do, I might start throwing rocks. But something else catches my attention—just past them. Half-hidden in the cracks of the jagged cave wall. A glow. Soft, faint, but unmistakable. Like moonlight caught between stones. I step forward, angling the flashlight, and there it is: The flower. It’s beautiful in that horrifying, cursed-object kind of way. Pale petals curling outward like they’re stretching in slow motion. Each one edged in silver. The center glows faintly, like it’s not reflecting light—but making it.

I don’t want to believe it, though, so I click on my flashlight and sweep it across the forest floor. Several plants grow around the bottoms of the trees, and as the light touches a white flower off to my left, I pause. The flower is barely bigger than my finger, but the leaves surrounding the bottom of the grouping of flowers reach up, nearly wrapping around the petals. White Miller Leaves- it’s the second ingredient I have drawn in my journal. Hope slivers into my chest as I crouch down and pick several of the flowers, tucking them into the plastic bag I brought, labeling it with the name. One down, nine to go.

he walks off and kneels next to a small patch of Crimson Beebalm. Crimson Beebalm is a stunning flower. The petals are long and slender and they come out of a hairy looking center that is connected green leaves that look like they support the bud and a long smooth green stem. Best of all, it’s edible so I’ll be collecting some of it for the camp. Wait, what did he say? “It’s obviously either red or yellow, I don’t know of any grey muted colored flowers, the center even looks black.”

Because of this, no one wants to go near it. Elzie nodded his head in understanding and said, so, the Lavender, Jasmine and Rosemary are here to mask your sent (in this case our sent) and the Moonflower is to protect the other flowers. I nodded my head and said, yea, that is the main idea. Also, there is only one way in and if you don't know where it is, then there is no getting around the Moonflowers. What about the children in the pack? Amelia asked I looked at her and asked what about the children?