The Omega Trials: Part One by Summer O'Toole

Author:Summer O'Toole [O'Toole, Summer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-06-28T00:00:00+00:00

The flower garden is full of blue and purple blooms. A six-foot-tall hedge creates walls on all four sides. There’s a single arched opening to come and go like a doorway to this open-air room.

Each corner boasts a marble pedestal in the likeness of Grecian columns. On top is a giant version of each family’s animal mask. In the center of the square is the fifth, the Azurites’ golden stag shining in the sun. Every column is surrounded by a different flower.

I follow Paisley to one corner where the ground is covered with small bluish periwinkle flowers.

“Forget-me-nots,” I say, realizing they match the carvings on her collarbones.

“Yep, though I always thought it was a little on the nose.” She nods to the elephant-shaped mask on display.

Curious, I look around for a flower that matches the one on my chest. I find it in the far-right corner. The mask on this pedestal looks like it would cover the bottom half of one’s face rather than the eyes. It makes it a little harder to tell which animal the sharp teeth and scrunched nose is supposed to be.

“Is that a bear?” I guess.

“Mm-hmm, the Cerulean bear—oh, don’t touch that!” she calls as I reach out for one of the towers of pale blue flowers. “Delphinium—or larkspur—is toxic. Just touching it can give you a nasty rash.” She looks at me and tilts her head in assessment. “It seems fitting. I know I just met you, but it feels right. Beautiful but deadly.”

A smile pulls at the corner of my mouth. We look at each other conspiratorially. “You know, I was just thinking the same thing.”

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