HANNI POV

With my heart in my mouth, I ran through the gardens with Simone and I watched as she skimmed through the flowers and pines effortlessly, without a scratch. The flowers smelt divine and beautiful, each emitting an internal glow which was so unlike anything I had seen before.

“Simone, please what type of flowers are these?” I asked, standing beside a pale green rose, looking very confused. She turned and approached me with a glint in her eyes, looking very mischievous.

“That’s a serpentine.” She said, raising her eyebrows and I took a step back immediately because I didn’t like the sound of that.

“What’s a serpentine?” I...