C24 TWENTY FOUR

The Innocent Flower

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Look like the innocent flower,

But be the serpent under it.

— William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"MOTHER, NO!" JASMINE ran from the shadows as I dragged the now human Derek out of Rainbow's line of fire.

The girl quivered where she stood, but she didn't back down, raising her eyes to face her mother. "You can't do this. You're killing Rose. You have to stop