QUEEN AQUAMARINE'S POV I woke up choking. Mud filled my mouth, thick and cold, sticking to my teeth and the back of my throat like I’d been buried again. I spat it out, coughed, and tried to sit up. But I couldn’t move my arms. I looked down. Vines. Dark, thick, and too alive coiled around my wrists. They weren’t tight, but they didn’t let go either. The air smelled different. Too clean. Like fresh air in the forest after rainfall. My heart thudded once, then skipped. I wasn’t in the castle. Panic clawed up my chest as my heart raced. Where was I? The walls weren’t walls at all. Just barks and tendrils curled into spines. Leaves with eyes that seemed to blink at my every move. A canopy of roots curled above me, woven like a prison ceiling. This wasn’t a room. It was a living thing. I blinked, heart pounding, throat raw. No castle. No heat. No moonlight. No Alexander. Just dirt, and that sick, earthy smell. He was already standing there. Terran. He stepped f
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