"Heila, it's time to cut the Olive Seed from my chest..."
The moment Ashlynn said the words, she felt a surge of anticipation and eagerness in her heart, along with a painful stab of anxiety. Some of those emotions belonged to her. She couldn't deny that she was looking forward to removing the Olive Seed from her chest… This seed had become an even more difficult trial for her than the one she faced when she took the Willow Seed from the Ancient Willow in the Briar.
It would be good to be free of it.
But she was also afraid of what the seed would do to Jocelynn.
She and Nyrielle had done their best over the past three days. Nyrielle had made a small cut in Ashlynn's chest and dripped her blood directly on the seed to strengthen it while binding its will. She'd used the full power of her Voice of Command and her Mesmerizing Gaze, pulling the seed into the dreams that she and Ashlynn shared…
