10
Hayley
The world whirled around me. When it finally stopped, my head still spun and my stomach twisted in knots. I pressed a hand to my belly, hoping I didn’t throw up.
I took in a lungful of fresh air, and the dizziness slowly went away.
“Are you okay, my queen?”
I glanced to Ashton. Despite the fact that whenever I looked at the chiseled warrior I felt incredibly hot, what I noticed wasn’t him.
It was the world around him.
The forest around us seemed to be a live painting of tall trees with bright green leaves and multicolored flowers. A pink butterfly flew past Ashton’s head, shining as if there was a neon light in its wings. Two squirrels raced up a tree trunk. I took a step closer, snapping a twig under my shoes. One of them froze and changed from its light brown color to a
