THE SLAVE WHO REJECTED THE ALPHA
I stood there for a moment, listening — to the scrape of roots shifting against rock, to the faint hiss of air moving through unseen cracks — my skin tightening beneath my clothes.
When I finally stepped inside, the chill bit immediately, seeping through my boots as they slid against slick stone, the walls close enough to brush my shoulders, the cave pressing in as if it were aware I had entered.
And... there was the Bruja.
Seated near a low fire, crushing leaves between her palms. The sound was soft but steady: green pulp, wet, methodical. Smoke curled lazily toward the cave ceiling, carrying the sharp, herbal sting of something medicinal.
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