Lacey
I ran with everything I had until I reached Mom’s favorite greenhouse—the one she’s been living in. She was already running out the door, panic on her face after hearing my screams.
“Lacey, honey, calm down. What’s happening?”
“The plants, Mom!” I screamed, but the words wouldn’t come out fast enough. I gave up trying to explain when she only looked more confused. I grabbed her hand and pulled her with me, sprinting back toward Fin.
My mother and I gasped when he came into sight. The vines were wrapped around his torso, his face far more red than when I had left him.
“See? They’re going to hurt him. I don’t know how to make it stop. I told him to shift and use his claws to break free, but he said he can’t—it’s because it’s my magic inside them. They’ve been infused with my stren
