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A Ruin of Roses
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Chapters 4-8Chapter Summaries & Analyses
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Chapter 4 Summary
Outside, a roar from the beast sends Finley into a panic. She flees through the village to the Forbidden Wood, where she looks back to find the beast towering over her. Instantly, he changes into a muscular, naked man covered in scars. The man meets her gaze with his golden eyes, and suddenly, Finley feels the lust she thought was from an incubus the night before coming from him. She closes the distance and reaches for him before snapping out of the trance. The man also seems shaken but recovers quickly, telling Finley she needs to control her shifter side.
The man identifies himself as the last noble and demands to know why Finley stole the everlass from the forest. When she refuses to tell him, his power slams into her again, but this time it compels her to speak the truth. Finley fights it with some inner power she didn’t know she possessed, but the man doesn’t relent, telling her, “[Y]ou stole from this land, and now you belong to me” (85). Believing she’s done for, Finley explains that she took the everlass to make the elixir for
