Chapter 15
The Bloom's Deception
Elara understands the bloom's magic isn't a cure, but a temporary balm that exploits her subconscious. She sees how it traps and feeds, and resolves to break free.
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The air in Elara’s room, usually thick with the stale scent of sleeplessness, now hummed with a strange, intoxicating sweetness. It was the lingering perfume of the Bloom, a phantom sweetness that clung to her even in the waking world, a siren song of oblivion. She traced the cool, smooth petal of a dried specimen that Silas had pressed for her, a stark contrast to the vibrant, pulsing life of the flower she had found. Silas’s words, a confession whispered
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