EVE’S POV
I slowly opened my eyes, my vision blurring as I tried to make sense of my surroundings. My breath hitched in my throat.
I wasn’t in my chamber.
I was standing in the middle of a vast forest. Towering trees loomed around me, their gnarled branches twisting like skeletal fingers against the night sky. The scent of damp earth filled my nostrils, and the distant hoot of an owl echoed through the silence. A chilling breeze brushed against my skin, raising goosebumps along my arms.
Panic clawed at my chest.
How did I get here?
I closed my eyes, forcing myself to recall the last thing I remembered. A headache. A dull, relentless pounding in my skull before everything faded into blackness. I had been in the castle. In my room. King Korvus had been there… And then—nothing.
My puls
