Chapter Fourteen: Seeds of Culmination

Chapter Fourteen: Seeds of Culmination

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POV: Lavender

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I don’t know why I expected the tattooed man to stand in place or fight me again. I even half expected him to make me eat the seeds, but he didn’t. He stepped back and faded into the crowd just far enough he could still watch the action.

The surrounding men didn’t circle me. They didn’t grow fangs and become monsters. They just smiled at me. Most watched me like the man with the tribal collar. Some drew their eyebrows or looked at the seeds on the ground as they tried to understand why I wouldn’t go near them. It was like they were trying to figure out why I cared about the objects on the ground.

Then the first man stepped forward.

“I hate to be a bother, darlin, but you seem to have found yourself in the wrong room.” The man had a kind face. His round cheeks faded into the well-groomed beard. It was impossible not to return his smile.