The M/_oon La#]:urel

Cynt%?+hia\; is the s=/#pirit#, of a cent]ury-old laurel tree. T o save he
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. fiancé Luke, +-sh^!e,@ drai`ned all ,her magical power and helped h`im .%bec($ome the ]Se-%cond )^Royal_ Magus. In his hunger ;+
for status and pow_er, $, Luke aband[oned Cynth \`%ia. ^?He fra-*med her as a# mere"[=flow+=er vend+;)=or" an?*)d** plotted to cut down the laurel +t%ree t*hat housed her true form.
 At this per\_ilous mo^ ment, Arthur
, the Chief Magus, stepped# / f?or^ward. H-$e pr ]/$ote cted Cynt!^[* hia by taking her as his wif e, and t:;he!$ tw^.o were $un*it/ed in mar):riage. Si*$%de -by side*\, they fought against__^ (_o*(ppre;ssion from the aristocracy.
($+%Using natural magic,
!$ Cynthi=a cul_#tivated `+=Da$r ;k Gold Bla^[zi?]n
g/ S ;^/unblooms an(_d w*on the Que#$en’s f =-[av our. (Luke ? ?/and the Marcus family repea  tedly _#;tri-[ed t?+o:?? p+oi*(son her and unleash the With^$ering Curse, yet Cynthi#?a an
)-d Ar)`thur @thwarted
!^ ever)y^ scheme. The#, necrom`\ancer master pulling\ [;the strin\_gs behi#nd the Mar.$%cus family was +slain by Arthur. Lu*[ke had his magic stripped and  was e/+xiled, while M%_a=ry was i*;;mpri+soned.
Prince S+; ?il[-as sought :/to] seize Cynthia’s royal ess=^;e. nce?
blood^ to brew an immor! ta/]lity ? elixir. He summo-ned an A%by*ss#a( (l Hound to[
 frame h%e))r, l)o%!cked her; away an:d drained her bloo=-:d?. Arthu  r sto`rm@ed the p%^-rison a=lone.
Silas+\? detonated the[ Ab@yss Cor[ e in a mut`:ual de% structive blast. Cyn_#thi=\a exh)?aus .`ted her li,fe?@= essenc--e to @% ;s/\ eal the Abyssal :.=Rif](*:t, transfor?ming into` a lau#$rel leaf  #and f\`a/$@l *li?ng in:to^/ slum.% ber.
Af
ter for)t %-$y-five ye^.;ars:)! :of endless waiti^n# g,^_;@ Arthur’s l-ovin^g c `all awa%_#ke+ )ned Cynthia at las;t. Tog,ether %-they ]^se ])`aled the Abyss, r]/#et[]reated to s
eclusion deep w -it\-hin the r*`ai+ nfo_
rest, and bec#=ame e).`%tern al = +l
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