The Gardener's Afterscent
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Last published Tue, Apr 29, 2025
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Credits to @Lasophie79 for the cover!
TW:// Strong language, graphic violence, sex, mentions of physical/mental abuse, implied sexual abuse of a child (backstory), toxic relationships, psychological trauma, suicide
Adlervacht officer Lysandra Mondlerche interrogates disgraced general Altair Machweld-Schwalbe--a man whose pedestal was shattered after mercilessly murdering his own father and brother. When she demands answers, Altair doesn't give her one. Instead, he offers her a black suitcase. Inside: the life of his greatest obsession.
The Gardener.
Evanthe Leracine was more than just a serial killer. To the Kingdom of New Ravin, he was a snake dressed in the glittering clothes of a beloved perfumer. To Altair, he was the man that saved his life...and ruined it.
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