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[bramblrose]

“Rose wished her sister were here to see this. What would her life have been like, having fierce and fearless Wren always next to her? Anger flared inside her, as hot as the flames crackling in their cages.”

[bramblrose]

“Legend says that before Eana brought her hawk to land in the sea, she and the sun were lovers. And when she left for another life in a new world, the sun came down from the sky to kiss her goodbye. But while Eana could withstand the heat, the land could not. The kiss scorched the earth and the desert was born. It was a gift to this new land, sun-warmed and golden. But the desert never forgot the sun. That's why the sands are always moving, always shifting-they're trying to go home.”

[bramblrose]

twin crowns: shen lo

“Then came a sudden whoosh from somewhere over her head, followed by a rippling breeze. The roses trembled. Rose whipped her head around. And found herself staring into Shen Lo's night-dark eyes. "Hello, Princess. Miss me?”