Riley’s pov
I groaned, feeling a heavy, pounding ache at the back of my head. Slowly, I opened my eyes, blinking as I tried to adjust to my surroundings. My whole body felt sore, and there was this strange buzzing in my head like I had been spinning in circles for hours before crashing down. I struggled to sit up, my senses swimming in and out, making everything seem surreal and foggy.
“Where… where am I?” I murmured, my voice a raspy whisper to no one in particular. I didn’t expect an answer, especially because I seemed to be completely alone in a place I’d never seen before. I glanced around, my eyes widening in shock.
The place around me looked like something straight out of a dream. I was in the middle of a forest, but it wasn’t like any forest I’d ever seen. The trees towered abo
