HER DAUGHTER'S REJECTED MATE
"Almost impossible to reach. Took a broken nail and a bruised rib, but... here."
Blythe blinked slowly, as if afraid it would vanish if she looked too hard. She reached for it with both hands, her fingers trembling slightly as she cradled the stem like it might bleed if she held it too tight.
"You remember I told you about this flower," she said softly.
"You called it the ghost bloom," Xavier murmured, stepping closer. "Said it only grows in impossible places. Places where storms split rock and wind howls louder than hope."
She nodded, eyes still on the fragile bloom. "The old stories said it only blooms when two fates cross—when something doomed still tries to live."
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