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Poison Garden, #3

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  • Eli
  • was
  • born
  • to
  • be
  • the
  • Mistress
  • of
  • Seers.
  • Too
  • bad
  • everyone
  • doesn't
  • feel
  • that
  • way.Eli's
  • bid
  • to
  • be
  • named
  • the
  • Mistress
  • of
  • Seers
  • was
  • a
  • disaster.
  • Those
  • who
  • are
  • witchborn
  • cannot
  • lead
  • the
  • seers,
  • and
  • Eli's
  • just
  • learned
  • that
  • her
  • mother
  • was
  • a
  • witch.
  • But
  • that's
  • not
  • why
  • the
  • clan
  • elders
  • won't
  • follow
  • her—it's
  • because
  • of
  • her
  • newly
  • discovered
  • curse.
  • Instead,
  • they
  • pick
  • her
  • rival
  • and
  • ex-lover,
  • Amir,
  • as
  • their
  • leader.Since
  • Amir
  • blew
  • up
  • her
  • apartment
  • right
  • before
  • he
  • claimed
  • her
  • rightful
  • position,
  • Eli's
  • been
  • staying
  • at
  • Dan's
  • place.
  • Things
  • are
  • moving
  • fast
  • between
  • them—maybe
  • too
  • fast—then
  • Eli's
  • life
  • goes
  • from
  • bad
  • to
  • worse
  • and
  • she
  • doesn't
  • have
  • time
  • to
  • give
  • in
  • to
  • her
  • insecurities.
  • Dan's
  • job
  • is
  • on
  • the
  • line,
  • Tessa
  • searches
  • for
  • a
  • way
  • to
  • save
  • the
  • witch
  • elders
  • from
  • Amir's
  • cruel
  • plans,
  • and
  • Eli
  • struggles
  • to
  • understand
  • where
  • her
  • curse
  • came
  • from.
  • All
  • of
  • the
  • clues
  • they
  • uncover
  • point
  • toward
  • Eli's
  • mother.Eli
  • tries
  • not
  • to
  • think
  • about
  • her
  • mother
  • too
  • often.
  • After
  • all,
  • the
  • woman
  • had
  • abandoned
  • Eli
  • as
  • a
  • child,
  • and
  • in
  • a
  • psychiatric
  • ward
  • at
  • that.
  • But
  • Eli
  • needs
  • answers,
  • so
  • she
  • probes
  • her
  • family's
  • history.
  • Along
  • the
  • way
  • she
  • learns
  • that
  • she's
  • more
  • closely
  • entwined
  • with
  • the
  • local
  • witch
  • cans
  • than
  • she
  • ever
  • realized.
  • Then
  • Amir
  • begins
  • killing
  • witches—some
  • with
  • a
  • slow
  • descent
  • into
  • madness,
  • others
  • publicly
  • and
  • messily—and
  • Eli
  • realizes
  • she's
  • out
  • of
  • options.
  • She
  • reaches
  • out
  • to
  • her
  • first
  • enemy,
  • someone
  • who
  • tried
  • to
  • control
  • Eli's
  • destiny
  • before
  • she
  • was
  • ever
  • born:
  • Sarah
  • Allwood,
  • the
  • witch
  • who
  • started
  • it
  • all.But,
  • what
  • could
  • Sarah
  • have
  • to
  • do
  • with
  • Eli's
  • mother?
  • Eli
  • hasn't
  • seen
  • her
  • in
  • twenty
  • years…
  • then
  • Eli
  • learns
  • that
  • the
  • last
  • time
  • her
  • mother
  • visited
  • her,
  • she
  • had
  • a
  • thornapple
  • blossom
  • in
  • her
  • hair.THORNAPPLE--Book
  • 3
  • of
  • the
  • Poison Garden
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