Taken by the Herd King
They seek, they spread, they dig.
The Hollow trembles.
I drop to my knees again and press both hands to the dirt, pouring every ounce of love I have down into it through my plant. Every kiss. Every touch. Every word whispered into the dark when I thought no one could hear me. Every thread of devotion I spun into the seams between us. All of it. I give it now.
Rex responds.
His roots surge, cracking through the soil like veins of light, weaving around the grave, then piercing downward. His leaves rustle, then grow with soundless determination, drawing the poison into himself and purging it.
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