*Lena*

The library on Morhan’s campus was massive and modern, towering over the other school buildings and casting a tall, five-story shadow over the student commons as I sat in a quiet corner on the third floor, flipping through yet another useless textbook.

I’d spent the last six hours in the library. I’d pulled every book I could find that covered botany, rare flora, and medicinal plants.

There wasn’t a single mention of blood root or ...