Lulu

“What was the original plan, then?”

I weighed my question as Niobe tightened her grip on the silver scroll.

It wasn’t easy to ask when I was still irritated with her. But I needed clear facts and information after everything that had happened between us.

Niobe steadied her breathing. She explained that the Order’s initial plan had been to investigate reports of animal abuse or rather, the mistreatment of magical creatures within Cinderbloom.

She said she had only learned about the ...