Shadows Between Us (Stella and Sebastian) novel Chapter 107

Chapter 107

‘Grandpa, you’re such a drama king!’ Nathan thought.

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Landen declared, “I’ve got more! Dr. Miracle, I’ve got another treasure!” Stubbornly, he got up and dug into his big cloth bag again.

‘Why is this old man so stubborn?’ Stella wondered.

Landen exclaimed, “Found it! This one!” As he spoke, he pulled out a small plant encased in a glass dome. The whole thing was a vivid red, looking just like fire coral, bare stems, no leaves, no flowers at all.

Nathan sucked in a breath. “Grandpa, you even brought that with you?”

Clearly, this was yet another precious find for the Trent family.

Landen carefully lifted the glass dome, and an exotic fragrance instantly filled the room. “Dr. Miracle, do you know what this is?” he asked, his eyes bright with excitement as he looked at Stella.

‘Man, this old guy just won’t quit!’ Stella thought.

Nathan was speechless.

‘Why does Grandpa have to act like such a kid? He’s totally embarrassing us!’ Nathan thought.

Allan rubbed his chin, thinking, ‘Why does this scent seem so familiar? Where have I smelled it before? And those branches, where have I seen them?’

Landen said proudly, “Bet you don’t know what this is, huh? Let me tell you, this thing is called-”

Stella replied calmly, cutting him off, “Vermilion Coral.”

Landen was grinning from ear to ear. “That’s right. It’s Vermilion Corl.” But mid-sentence, his smile froze on his face.

Nathan stared at Stella in shock. ‘She actually knows about Vermilion Coral?’ he wondered.

Landen was frozen in place, completely dumbfounded.

Jake poked him in the back, but John, stone-faced as ever, grabbed his arm and gave his brother a warning glare.

“What’s Vermilion Coral?” Allan slouched over the table, squinting at those red, bare stalks. The more he stared, the more familiar they looked.

‘Where have I seen this thing before?’ he wondered.

Sebastian lifted his gaze, and for once, his usually cold, distant face looked surprisingly relaxed; maybe he actually got a good night’s sleep.

“Vermilion Coral is bright red all over and gives off a unique scent. It grows just one millimeter every fifty years, and with each inch, it produces a Vermilion Berry.

“The berries can heal flesh and bone, no matter how bad the injury.” Sebastian rattled off his textbook answer, leaving everyone at the table completely floored.

Landen muttered, “Right.”

He nodded, still in a daze.

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He looked so brittle, like he might drift away at any moment.

“Whoa, it only grows one Vermilion Berry every fifty years?” Allan gawked, cocking his head in disbelief.

‘Man, in my whole life, I’d be lucky to see even one of these!’ he thought.

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Lucas cocked his head to the side, just like Allan, his eyes sparkling with curiosity as he stared at the bare Vermilion Coral.

Before anyone could snap out of it, the little guy hopped off his chair, his tiny feet pattering as he raced toward the elevator.

Nathan cleared his throat and helped Landen put the glass dome back over the Vermilion Coral. “The whole Trent family has only managed to raise just this one little sprout in almost a hundred years.

“It’s crazy fragile. I never thought Grandpa would actually bring it here.”

“What’s this?” Allan asked, pointing at a little branch on the Vermilion Coral.

Nathan glanced at it, his face turning grim. “One day, a thief broke into our house, slipped past all the security, and made it all the way to the vault.”

“And then?” Allan urged.

Nathan said, “He broke off a branch from the Vermilion Coral.”

Allan, Sebastian, and others were stunned.

The Trent family’s security was supposed to be the best of the best. That thief went through all that trouble, only to swipe a tiny twig.

‘Is this the downfall of thievery, or has he just lost all sense of professional pride? Everyone was thinking the same thing.

Stella wondered, ‘Can’t Geezer steal from someone else for once? Why is it always the Trent family he messes with?”

The elevator doors slid open.

Nathan glanced up without thinking, but when he caught sight of what was behind Landen, he nearly choked on air. “Grandpa!” Nathan sputtered, pointing frantically behind Landen.

“What is it now?” Landen muttered weakly as he turned around.

He immediately started hacking just as badly as Nathan.

There, in the open elevator, was that squishy little guy Lucas, pale and chubby, tottering as he hoisted a fiery red potted plant way over his head. His mouth was mouthing silent heave-hos, and his tiny hands were shaking like crazy.

Stella, Sebastian, Allan, and others could only stare in stunned silence.

Now they finally understood why Landen and Nathan were coughing so hard.

The potted plant Lucas was lugging over looked like Landen’s Vermilion Coral on steroids, an ultra-rare, boss-level version.

Supposedly, one only got one Vermilion Berry every fifty years, but Lucas’s had no less than a hundred berries, easily. Everyone was absolutely floored.

Allan was speechless. ‘No wonder that bare red plant and its scent felt so familiar. I see and smell it every single day in Lucas’s room. How could I not recognize it?’ he thought.

But he gave Stella a thoughtful look. ‘If I remember right, Stella just casually placed that plant in Lucas’s room, Allan mused.

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Suddenly, Landen felt something heavy drop onto his shoulder. He tried to shake it off. “Quit messing around, I’m trying to bond with Dr. Miracle here!”

The weight rubbed against him, chilly to the touch.

“I said don’t—” Landen snapped his head to the side, only to find himself staring into a pair of tiny, beady red

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