*Estelle*

It had been a few days since the flowers had been discovered in the forest and things had been quiet, but tense since then.

Charles and Isolde had been absent from the main house, which was strange to everyone that I’d mentioned it to. There had been no more odd occurrences around the border or incidents in the village. Everything was quiet.

In the calm, Gabe hadn’t had much to do. Because of that, we’d been spending a lot more time ...