Aurelia walked leisurely to the eastern garden attached to Reagan's palace in her white silk gown, looking like a goddess.

She stopped before a lavender plant, plucking off its flower to take deep breaths of it.

She smiled in satisfaction, and looked up at the rose bush at the edge of the garden.

"No, I'm not brave enough to go there," she said with an exaggerated smile, moving to a hibiscus flower, taking deep breaths of it.

She continued this process for a while, stopping before a different flower each time to take deep breaths of it, before snapping off a stalk and adding it to the little paper bag...