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“Goddamn faeries,” Adi grumbled as she sat up. She’d been so panicked that she might have passed out for a few seconds. She’d woken up very quickly, though, when her butt had hit the leaf-covered ground she now sat on. Gingerly, she rubbed the backs of her legs before looking around. Next to her, Florice lay on his side, grinning at her.
“You ass!” Adi shouted before slapping his chest with the back of her hand. “You couldn’t have given me some warning, could you?”
Florice laughed. “And ruin the surprise?”
Adi glowered for another moment before remembering that without him, she’d still be locked up in the queen’s dungeon. Her eyes followed Florice as he got up and stretched.
Except for a brick building nearby, the forest looked exactly the same as the one in Faerie. Tall gray-barke
