Salix
He returned to the hotel after dropping Holly off at her home. She’d invited him upstairs, but he declined. He just wanted to be alone. After two centuries of striving to get his Spirit Tree back in his own possession, why was he not happier about it?
Holly had accepted the task of making an amulet for the Rakshasa in order to give him his freedom. She accepted the deal with only a promise that he’d try to help her release Finch. A promise that was based on a lie. He had no idea where to even start with something like that. He imagined the disappointment on her face when he told her that he’d lied.
He untucked the locket from within his shirt and rolled the bauble in his fingers. The Tree was exactly as it had been the day he made the deal with Quasim, full grown and at the
