Claimed by the Wolf King of Another World
Embarrassment and nerves simmered under my skin until Elena, saint of good timing, nudged me into her garden.
It was another world tucked inside stone—rows of herbs glowing under rune-light, beds edged with carved spirals that pulsed like quiet heartbeats. Bees drifted as if time had softened for them alone; the air smelled like rosemary, cedar, and something sweet-bitter that tasted like secrets when I breathed too deeply.
“Gardens,” Elena said, brushing silvery leaves, “are the only kingdoms I still trust. They don’t lie. They only grow.”
Hard to argue with truth that smelled this good.
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