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Chapter 13: Gradual Changes
Feeling confident in her gown, but hoping the wrong person wouldn’t see her in it, she strolled out onto the gallery overlooking the mass of guests exiting the dining hall. It would seem she’d missed the meal, but she was counting on Morgan to save her something or at least ordering the servants to bring a tray to his room for her.
She stood on the gallery surveying each person. She didn’t see Morgan and assumed he was still in the dining hall talking with other guests that enjoyed extended drinks at any hour. She slowly descended the stairs, her first time doing so with only two legs. One step at a time, she watched her feet and took the descent slowly, careful to hold the banister railing for support. The action felt strange and she was sure she’d trip over the dress and fall the rest of the way at any moment, but no sooner than the thought crossed her mind did she reach the bottom. As she looked up, she noticed a man watching her,
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The morning revealed a vastly different scenery with abundant light filtering through the branches of the trees in glowing rays. The forest was no longer silent and she watched with humor as a family of rabbits hopped across the pine needles stopping occasionally to munch on leafy morsels that sprung up through the mulch. Birds seemed to dance from branch to branch across the trees as she stretched and shook the debris from her fur.With this much prey roaming so near, catching breakfast would be easy, but what would happen when she did? If the forest was alive and vengeful, would it attack her? Her stomach rumbled as the image of eating one of the fat, juicy rabbits filled her thoughts. She decided it was worth the risk to find out.She watched the rabbits a few more minutes, until they seemed totally oblivious to her movement. Then she crouched down and crawled on her belly to get closer to the rabbits. They continued t
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Darkness surrounded her and she seemed to sink farther and farther until the feeling of falling jolted her awake. In front of her was an ocean of green that slowly shrank and what came into focus were a pair of green flecked eyes against a black and gold background. Aria blinked rapidly trying to make sense of the sight before her. Gradually, her vision cleared and a large, black wolf with gold flecks throughout his ebony fur stood over her.Who…who is this? Aria thought to herself.My name is Absalom. I brought you here after freeing you from being consumed by the forest. Consumed… what a horrid thought. Then she remembered, she was in a fight with Philip when the vines shot out from the ground and ensnared them both. And not to worry about the other you were fighting. Absalom interjected, He is safe but far from where we are.I can hear you! You can hear
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