~ELOWEN~ I woke up with a start, my eyes darting around as I tried to understand where I had slept the previous night. I gently rubbed my eyes and yawned, my hands touching the softness of the bed to ground myself. As I looked around, it hit me—I was in the Alpha King’s room. His portrait on the wall was a clear sign, and the scent of the rainforest was everywhere. But something else was off. A brown robe had replaced my dress with white patterns resembling birds. The only person who had been with me in the room last night was Voridian, and just the thought of him changing my clothes made me let out a scream. “This can’t be happening!” I frantically tried to recall my last memory of the previous night, and the only thing that came to mind was falling asleep in the bathtub, holding hands

