Where Love and Danger Lie

is the Pretre leaned in to whisper, "This is normal. We should see the color soon." Just then the stone started to glow purple then flashed to red with streaks of purple. I heard a large gasp coming

reassurance but I knew very well he wasn't exactly confident himself. He looked down at the stone then back up at the Pretre, "What does this mean?" The Pretre furrowed his brow, "I'm not entirely sure, I believe there is only one time in history that the stone had gone rogue or rather it didn't react as expected the candidate's blood. I will need to do research but for now I believe I can declare that The Batiste has been accepted. Looking at her future, I

y father leaned to whisper in my ear, "Head Pretre is rarely seen because she is burdened with the worries of both Vellum and Terre. It is only on very special occasions that The Pretre are able to confer with Head Pretre. He must know that Head Pretre will see him in this case." The Pretre clears his throat to continue and quiet the crowd, "I will send out an official announcement of what this means at a later time. I trust that it will be befor

lination was to run to stop him but my father pulled me back. As I looked at him and then back at the doorway, The Pretre disappeared. My father squeezed my hand again, "That is the portal to Vellum, I will show you how it works when the time comes for you to go through." Father then turned to the crowd and announced, "Ladies and gentlemen,

s. What if it is determined she must be sent to the cathedral citadel? There are too much that is unknown and you are far too optimistic." Grandfather turned to my father, "I am not gloomy, my son. I am deep in thought; I had heard rumors this happened once before but I cannot remember what the course of action was afterwards. I was trying to remember. I want to look through my ancient scrolls

the door, "Sorry little rose, I need to go speak with some of our other guests. I possibly need to ease their minds after the ceremony." I nodded at my father, "Of course, I will just be sitting on a chair in the corner." As I sat down, I saw Burnett approach me. He leaned down to kiss my hand, "I knew you were intriguing but I never, in my wildest dreams, thought that you would likely catch the attention of Head Pretre." I looked up at him and frowned, "I'm glad I am so amusing t