" Someone left this rose in my room.”

“A rose?”

“Yes. Someone left it on my pillow, while I was sleeping. There was a note wrapped around the stem. It just said soon.”

Finnegan’s fingers tightened around her shoulder. “King John would never be so subtle. Ominous flora isn’t exactly his style. "

― Rhiannon Thomas , Kingdom of Ashes (A Wicked Thing, #2)