“You remember how I was supposed to give you the antidote to the sleeping-death fruit? So you’d awaken.” Her eyes widened. “Yes, Gideon. A most important step.” She laughed nervously. Gideon took her hand and dropped a vial into it. It rolled back and forth on her palm, glowing. The antidote. “I couldn’t get it to you in time. I kept being blocked by guards.” She ran her other hand through her curls to hide how it had begun to shake. “This makes no sense. If you didn’t give me the antidote, how did I awaken? There’s only one cure.” Gideon smiled, like this wasn’t going to alter the very fabric
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