I’m dizzy. I feel like I’m falling. Then I open my eyes and realize I am falling. Kirian’s entire body is tilting backward, and he’s taking me down with him. “Wha—” I get cut off when cool, humid air coats my skin. Light suddenly turns to dark. “Ooof.” The air is knocked out of me when we both land on the ground, even though Kirian’s hulking body breaks my fall. I look to my left. To my right. Down at Kirian’s grinning face. “Welcome to your kingdom, my queen.” Speechless, my only response is a few incoherent sounds. This isn’t my woods. This isn’t like any world I know, and it’s then that I
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