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Chapter 32 – Lavender and Fear

The softest knock stirred me awake, followed by the creak of the door. I blinked against the gray light of dawn that seeped past the curtains. My body still hummed from dreams I couldn’t name, my lips tingling faintly with remembered heat.

“Good morning, darling,” Elder Thora’s low, composed voice ...