Resurrect by Kendra Moreno & Poppy Woods

Author:Kendra Moreno & Poppy Woods [Moreno, Kendra & Woods, Poppy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

“I can’t do it anymore,” I moaned to Cerulea, staring at the carved ceiling of my chamber.

Over the past few weeks, I’d been victim to numerous ‘dates’ with Kono as he tried to win my affections. At one point, he’d had a feast prepared with some of my favorite foods. I didn’t have the heart to tell him I much preferred the rich foods I was starting to taste around the courts. Orchidasi food just tasted bland compared to the Basid and Crassulan meals. Another Astrid Bloom had been sitting on the picnic blanket and I’d rolled my eyes. I was certain my mother had someone coaching Kono on my favorite things, but the problem with my mother was, she didn’t really understand the things I liked. Instead, the dates Kono ended up taking me on seemed to be things my mother would have liked for me. I could hardly look Kono in the eye when he bowed before me, making me flush, as he pulled out as much charm as he could.

It hadn’t worked, and here I was lamenting to Cerulea about it.

“He’s a good louloudi,” Cerulea pointed out. “You could do worse.”

“But that’s not why I want to be with someone. I want love. I want to feel like. . . like I can’t be apart from him. Like I need him. Like if I don’t go see them every day, I’ll lose a piece of myself.”

“Like you feel about the humans.” Cerulea smiled gently as I grew quiet.

On the bed, Kono had sent up an odd succulent arrangement, one that had instructions. I’d never seen a floral gift with instructions. We’d followed the list, breaking the stems a certain way, and realized with surprise that the succulents had nectar inside them. We were meant to pluck the flowers from the arrangement as if they were ripe berries and lick the nectar from within. We both returned to that task as I thought about it, the sweet liquid addictive.

I glanced around for Olis, knowing he was around somewhere but not seeing him at the moment. “I do love them, but I don’t know what to do with that love,” I whispered.

Cerulea was quiet, staring at me and I suddenly felt like I was under scrutiny. “Go to them, then,” she whispered. “Take the oak, though. I’m scared Olis is getting wise that you have another way to get around.”

“He’ll never jump to the conclusion I have portal magic.”

“Are you sure?” Cerulea touched her fingers to one of the silky petals of the succulents. “Olis isn’t stupid. He’s far too bright to keep being tricked. If he eliminates the oaks enough, he’ll know you’re getting around another way. And while I don’t think Olis having the information is dangerous, I think him passing the information to the Queen is.”

I bit my lip and nodded. Cerulea was right. Of course, she was. I’d have to be stealthy and take the oak. I couldn’t have my mother finding out my little secret.

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