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After the snake bit Nathan, Giselle opened the bottle, letting the small snake slither down her wrist and slip

back inside.

Giselle looked at Nathan and said, “Make sure you come see me once a week, alright?”

“Here, let me wipe that for you,” Zinnia said softly as she carefully dabbed the cold sweat from Nathan’s forehead with a tissue.

“Alright,” Nathan replied gently. “I’m fine. Don’t worry about me.” When his gaze met Zinnia’s, his eyes were impossibly tender.

Giselle looked at Zinnia and Nathan, sighed, and said, “Go back and get some proper rest.”

Giselle took a red pendant from her small bag and gently hung it around Zinnia’s neck. “Zinnia, keep this with you at all times. Think of it as a Christmas blessing from me. Promise me you’ll never, ever lose it.”

“Thank you, Giselle,” Zinnia said.

Zinnia didn’t understand why Giselle had given her the pendant, but she glanced down at the pendant. hanging around her neck.

When Nathan saw the pendant that Giselle took out, his fist clenched tightly.

He thought, ‘Back when I left, Giselle also gave me a red pendant because I was facing a great trial. But now Zinnia has received one, too.’

“Giselle…” Nathan looked up at her urgently, his voice tight with concern.

“Nathan.” Giselle lowered her eyes, suddenly looking weary. “Everyone has their own trials. Each soul must walk its own path.”

Simon dashed out of the kitchen, carrying a bag filled with fried cheese and steaming mussels. “Zinnia. Here, take these. They’re fresh out of the pot and absolutely delicious.”

Giselle watched as Zinnia and Nathan walked away slowly, leaning on each other for support, with their backs to her. She let out a heavy sigh, her gaze lingering on their departing figures.

on those around you,” Giselle said,

that, Nathan’s

Zinnia and Nathan walked away, Giselle closed her eyes. A single tear rolled down her cheek. ‘Why must their paths be

Noticing his unbroken silence, she asked with concern,

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thoughts. His grip tightened unconsciously on Zinnia’s shoulders. “Zinnia,” he said urgently, “you

tight grip, but seeing the unusual

with deep seriousness. After a brief pause, he added

pendant around her neck

couldn’t shake off this

and Nathan returned to the courtyard, only to

lips, Zinnia gently supported Nathan as they made their way upstairs. “Nathan, why

for a while,” Nathan said weakly. Inside him, the two poisons were locked in a relentless battle. Though this had temporarily halted his physical decline,

really tired. His bedroom was right next to Zinnia’s. Unlike Zinnia’s carefully decorated room, his was much

faint, pleasant scent of agarwood, it was now tinged with the bitter note

covered with a warm yellow duvet that Zinnia

light colors, but Zinnia declared his white quilt “too boring.” With a flourish, she rolled it up and tossed it aside, replacing it

her do as she pleased. A plush doll sat

All of them were adorably goofy. The bookshelf was still dotted with the stickers she’d put up, Nathan

which

be Nathan’s, but there were barely any traces of his

you looking at?” Nathan asked softly, following her gaze around

anymore. It’s

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Zinnia hadn’t set foot in Nathan’s room again. She used to come and go as she pleased, but after Nathan’s health began to

and smiled. When Zinnia was little, she would follow him everywhere like a shadow, always clinging to him. Before she turned seven, they practically

The slightest breeze or a hint of a chill would leave