Avery’s POV
At breakfast a messenger arrived with a package for me.
I retreated into my room and tore open the paper. A small glass vial fell into my hand and a note.
With trembling fingers, I opened it and read,
“To your future happiness.
~ R”
This was it then. Events were in motion.
I held the vial up to the light streaming through my bedroom window. Such a small amount of liquid to hold so much promise. The potion sparkled, crystal clear.
I had expected it to be dark, sinister. Instead, it looked deceptively innocuous. With this teaspoonful of deception, I would forge a new future for myself…
…and for Gideon.
I dressed for the Council Meeting carefully, slipping the vial into the pocket sewn into the seam of my dress I had bought for the occasion on my trip with Camila w
