Raven/ Scarlett’s POV
Circe reached for a stone cup resting beside the cauldron and poured its contents into it in one fluid motion. The faint scent of herbs and wildflowers drifted toward me as she held it out.
"In exchange," she said calmly, extending the cup toward me, "you will drink this potion."
Her pale green eyes lingered on my face for a moment before she continued.
"It will preserve your current appearance. The dye in your hair is already beginning to fade, and that can no longer be allowed."
She spoke the next words as though they were nothing more than an inevitable truth.
"By noon tomorrow, the body of Raven Moonshadow will be discovered. Once that happens, no one will search for you again. The world will believe you are dead."
A faint smile touched her lips.
"You will
