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She looked at him. His eyes were wide. She had gone deeper, past the defenses, past the mundane. In that silence, the red spoke louder than any shout.

Finally, on the winter solstice of 2002, under the watchful eyes of the moon and the aligned stars, Octavia reached the Heart Tree. It was an enormous tree, its trunk glowing with a soft, ethereal light. As she approached, a piece of the tree detached itself, taking the form of a crimson rose. deeper+octavia+red+a+kiss+of+red+2612202