When Love Turns To Ash

confrontation to end, gestured

ld staff of Mr. Silas'

hummed softly, a smug air about him

e, the servant returned, c

was le

the intricate carvings barely visible beneath a layer of gri

ed carving it, long ago, pouring his essence into it, a symbol of his b

orgotten, or discarded,

presenting a long-lost treasure, oblivi

k the staff. It felt cold

rdly fitting for the husband of the Head of The Sterling O

focusing on the dea

iratorial whisper only Silas could hear, "that 'accident' I had planned for

s te

malice. "To remove you both. Make things cleaner. Seraphina needs a

. He had orchestrated what would hav

ine, completely, onc

grabbed the dead Heartwood Staf

scraped the jagged edge of the decaying staf

ling back, clutching his arm. "H

as Julian collapsed dramatically at her f