The Crimson Rose CHAPTER 48 :THE FESTIVAL OF PETALS AND POOR DECISIONS

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PROLOGUE

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CHAPTER 1 : THE DAY THE GARDEN FROZE

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CHAPTER 2: THE SPELL THAT CHOSE THEM

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CHAPTER 3: THE WEDDING NO ONE ATTENDED

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CHAPTER 4: THE DOOR DIDN'T SURVIVE, SOMEHOW WE DID

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CHAPTER 5: BETWEEN APOLOGIES AND SECRETS

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CHAPTER 6: FLORIN'S WORST ASSISTANT

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CHAPTER 7: A HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF CHAOS

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CHAPTER 8: AN UNBREAKABLE BINDING

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CHAPTER 9: WHEN FIRE FORGETS HOW TO REST

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CHAPTER 10: WHEN THE BOND STRIKES BACK

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CHAPTER 11: THE NIGHT THAT WOULDN’T REST

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CHAPTER 12: THE CIRCLE THAT BURNED TWICE

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CHAPTER 13: TAXES, TEAS AND UNSUPERVISED FEELINGS

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CHAPTER 14: THIS IS WHY WE DON'T TOUCH OLD BOOKS

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CHAPTER 15: THE MORNING BEFORE DEPARTURE

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CHAPTER 16: THE FOREST THAT WATCHES

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CHAPTER 17: THE HOLLOW THAT LISTENS

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CHAPTER 18: WHEN ROOTS BEGIN TO BREAK

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CHAPTER 19: THE FOREST GIVES CHASE

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CHAPTER 20: THE LAKE THAT KEEPS SECRETS

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CHAPTER 21: THE HILLS THAT SWALLOW ECHOES

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CHAPTER 22: WHERE DREAMS TOUCH DISTANCE

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CHAPTER 23: THE WHISPERING STORM

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CHAPTER 24: THE THING IN THE GRASS

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CHAPTER 25: WHERE THE ROAD MEETS AGAIN

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CHAPTER 26: THE HUNT AWAKES

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CHAPTER 27: WHERE THE WIND CANNOT HIDE

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CHAPTER 28: THE EDGE OF THE STORM

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CHAPTER 29: QUIET STEPS, LOUD HEARTS

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CHAPTER 30: EMBERS UNDER ASH

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CHAPTER 31: WHEN THE NIGHT BREATHES BACK

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CHAPTER 32: WHERE DREAMS BEGIN TO WHISPER

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CHAPTER 33: WHEN THE FOREST TAKES BACK

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CHAPTER 34: THE THING THAT WORE HER FACE

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CHAPTER 35: WHERE ROOTS DRINK THE DARK

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CHAPTER 36: WHEN THE FOREST BLEEDS

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CHAPTER 37: THE THINGS WE ALMOST SAY

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CHAPTER 38: THE EYES IN THE DAWN

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CHAPTER 39: THE SHADOW THAT WEARS HER FACE

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CHAPTER 40: THE EDGE OF HER DOMAIN

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CHAPTER 41: THE TRIAL OF THORNS AND MIRRORS

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CHAPTER 42: THE HEART THAT ENDURES

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CHAPTER 43: A NIGHT BENEATH QUITE MAGIC

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CHAPTER 44: THE WARMTH WAITING BEHIND THE DOOR

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CHAPTER 45: THE QUITE AFTER THE STORM

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CHAPTER 46 : PETALS, PANIC, AND POOR DECISIONS

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CHAPTER 47 :THE VERY UNNECESSARY JEALOUSY OF A SPRING PRINCE

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CHAPTER 48 :THE FESTIVAL OF PETALS AND POOR DECISIONS

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CHAPTER 49 : THE WORDS HE ALMOST SAID

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CHAPTER 50 : THE MANY UNFORTUNATE ATTEMPTS OF FLORIN

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CHAPTER 51:THE DAY LYSSARA FAINTED FOUR TIMES (AND FLORIN LOST HIS SANITY)

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CHAPTER 52: THE BUTTERFLY INCIDENT ( AND SEVERAL OTHER DISASTERS)

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CHAPTER 53: THE DAY THE LAUGHTER STOPPED

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CHAPTER 54: THE MOST CATASTROPHIC DATE IN THE SPRING HISTORY

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CHAPTER 55: THIRD WHEELING THE AUTUMN DISASTER

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CHAPTER 56: THE SPRING FESTIVAL CATASTROPHE

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CHAPTER 57: THE LEDGER WAR

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CHAPTER 58: SMILES NO ONE COULD EXPLAIN

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CHAPTER 59: THE POTION THAT SHOULD NOT EXIST

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CHAPTER 60: THE DAY THEY NEVER LET HIM FORGET

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CHAPTER 61 : THE POTION PROBLEM

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CHAPTER 62: THE WINTER FAIRY’S VERY BAD (VERY GOOD) PLAN

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CHAPTER 63: THE PROPOSAL FOR SPRING

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CHAPTER 64: THE SPACE BETWEEN WORDS

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CHAPTER 65 : THE WEEK OF CHOICES

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CHAPTER 66: THE WEIGHT OF SEVEN DAYS

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CHAPTER 67: THE CHOICE THAT SHOOK THE SUN

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CHAPTER 68 : THE SUN THAT REFUSED TO SET

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CHAPTER 69 : THE WEIGHT OF GOLDEN CROWNS

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CHAPTER 70: STORMS BENEATH SILK

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CHAPTER 71: WHISPERS LIKE KNIVES

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CHAPTER 72 : WHEN THE SKY BROKE OPEN

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CHAPTER 73 : AFTER THE STORM, THE LAUGHTER

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CHAPTER 74: THE SHADOW THAT TAKES

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CHAPTER 75: WHERE THE LIGHT DOES NOT RETURN

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CHAPTER 76: THE FOREST ANSWERED HER FEAR

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CHAPTER 77 : THE BLOOM AGAINST THE HUNGER

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CHAPTER 78 : THE HEART OF THE HUNGER

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CHAPTER 79 : WHERE SHADOWS FEED ON HEARTS

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CHAPTER 80 : THE STORM BEFORE THE LAST DAWN

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CHAPTER 81 : WHEN SPRING BREATHES AGAIN

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CHAPTER 82 : THE MOST UNNECESSARY REBELLION IN HISTORY

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CHAPTER 83 : MOONLIGHT MISCHIEF

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CHAPTER 84 : THE DAY THE VOWS ALMOST DIDN'T SURVIVE

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CHAPTER 85 : THE PROBLEM WITH FEELING INVISIBLE

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CHAPTER 86 : WHERE THE NIGHT HELD ITS BREATH

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CHAPTER 87 : THE MORNING AFTER MAYHEM

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CHAPTER 88 : THE HERB HUNT DISASTER (BONUS)

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EPILOGUE : THE QUIET BEFORE THE VEIL