Nyx's Pov
The trip back from Silver Hollow felt longer than the journey there.
The mist had stayed behind, but its strange pull still lingered in my bones, as though Lily's Bloom had tied itself to me in some invisible way.
Ryker walked beside me in silence, our boots crunching on the gravel path that led out of Peaches Valley and back toward the heart of the city.
The flower, carefully wrapped in a damp cloth and placed inside my backpack, was as safe as we could make it. Still, I kept my hand near it every so often, as if to reassure myself it hadn’t disappeared.
We had stopped briefly at the inn to drop off a few things, then headed straight to the library. There was no time to waste, not when every second could mean the difference between life and death for Liam.
The library sm
