Deep Inside
The forest had changed.
Where once the trees trembled at the sound of hooves and shadowed beasts, now they bowed low reverent and protective. The wind whispered not just of blood and teeth but of warmth, of bond, of a Queen who burned brighter than any moon.
Tamlyn Grenoy once just a mortal herbalist, now Queen of the Wild stood barefoot at the edge of the glade, watching the mist curl over the ferns. Her hair was longer now, heavy and tangled with small braids woven by forest spirits. Her body was fuller, hips curvier, her breasts softer with the touch of time and love.