Natalia’s POV
We sent a letter to Bloodmoon that night, along with the earrings. We instructed David and Celeste on how to bond them as well as use them. We also asked David to try to confiscate any ruby jewelry from Helena that he could find, which would likely be no simple task.
But we had to get these objects of power out of Helena’s hands by any means necessary. For all we knew, she had already been using them for her own nefarious purposes. Whatever she had planned next had to be squashed before it came to light.
We didn’t hear back for some time.
Three weeks passed. During that time, we continued our work on the alliance. The construction of the wall extensions between territories was set to begin by the end of the week, so there was no shortage of tasks to be done.
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