68. GONE

~When it comes 2U

There's no crime

Let's take both of our souls

And intertwine

When it comes 2U

Don't be blind

Watch me speak from my heart

When it comes 2U

Comes 2U~

- (Justin Bieber) 2U

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Three days remained until the Flower Festival was to take place. Three days until the village of Vesilios had a chance to finally see the Smeraldo flower in its true form and not just a tale told from books. Three days until the villagers had a chance to actually buy it for the offering.

But the one to sell them was nowhere to be seen.

Stefanos stared out of his bedroom window, down at the garden with a firm look, as if he could not understand where his math calculation had gone wrong. Although he was high up, Stefanos could easily spot the vibrant colours of the Smeraldo's as they bloomed for a new day.

He had been so excited to tell Xenia all about it. His adventures in trying to obtain the seeds from the Elk Forest, how it took him