Shangri-la
Chapter 25

He had underestimated her–that girl who was the key. He had never expected her to figure it out, to understand so quickly how to use the animal spirits in their astral forms. Iris was a threat. Iris had the power to unlock Shangri-la. And Iris had beaten him.

He would wait for them in the place of darkness, and he would stop them there.

But Shangri-la, there is also reason for me to rejoice. Your lover is falling away from you, and into my arms.

Alder smiled. In that moment when he and Lotus had been locked together, she had slightly–ever so slightly–returned his kiss. She could not fight against the attraction that bound them together.

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