I opened my eyes to see a woman with paper skin and frail hands. I was in a hut, and for a moment, I thought I was still dreaming, but she snapped her fingers at me as she blew smoke into my face; I began to cough hard, and she patted my back once I stopped and rubbed my eyes I looked at her, her eye grey and the other deep blue. The grey-eyed woman smiled. "There you are." "Who are you? am I?" " Yes, my dear, you are awake; how are you feeling?" " I'm fine; I feel like I've been asleep forever." "you've been sedated, Damian. Pack elders tried to sedate you but failed and then made you eat shrooms from the forest to keep you in a dream state so you wouldn't get past their enchantments." "But how did I get here? Who brought me? Did you save me?" "ha, me, I'm too old for life games," she lau

