Rejected by the Alpha, Claimed by the Beast
Now, they were standing in a world with no walls, no rules, and a Dark Queen standing before them.
"The Gardener called us weeds," Selene said, her voice rising, carrying over the wind. "She wanted to prune us. She wanted to make us quiet and pretty. But weeds are the only things that survive when the garden dies. Weeds are the ones who tear down the walls. And I am the Queen of the Weeds."
She raised the crown of thorns high. The red light flared, casting long, twisted shadows across the ground.
"Kaima has no crown," Selene pointed at me. "She has no fire. She gave it all away to save a man who is already a ghost of a dead era. She gave it away to a machine that tried to delete her. She is