The First Fae Queen
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h filled her ears. Instead of giving in to the urge to call out into the utter darkness, she
vious that she was naked. She felt a tickling sensation and groaned softly, slapping at her thighs and bu
roundings turned gray from the agonizingly slow rising sun. Before old tree trunks and shrubs began to ap
her body, save for a few minor bruises around her ankle. Before moving, she stood up and swept h
. She occasionally sank to her knees and crawled when the anguish became unbearable, but the discomfort quickly subsided. She looked down at
m I,
ving into a shimmering mist above her. At first, it looked like she was walking straigh
eaned her head against the cold stone, knotted an old, bendy twig, and hurled it into the brush with a gr
e, tying both ends together and making a loop. She marched out, b
point the way, calling behind her, "I hope neve
d pine with an eight-arm-wid
Goodnight, big guy," while awkwardly
startled at first light. She now realized wh
d, "My name!" beaming with satisfaction
ant
her name. She stalked around it, prodding at the tightly wrapped bundle with a rotting stick. Once
-shirt, and a big pair of men's pants. She turned one of the ti
lah may have a range of colors and hard
re-free texture smothered her tongue in deliciousness. She stopped after the second one because she could feel her tongue swelling from the lack of water
s day. She only created one complete circle before adjusting the distance between the ma
ring, she awoke. As she got ready to get up and find her bearings in the darkness, growls and hoots could be heard all around her. She
nfully. She could see rough outlines, but nothing could have made the sounds she he
heck is
eaten all of the bloody energy bars. If she had, she wouldn't be in danger of obvious creatures being alert
ightening her chest. She would have been satisfied to let her bladder leak
in terror, day had come to take the place of night,
ips, and as she leaned forward due to dizzine
s aware that the event she had witnessed was imposs
in the Ea
erplexed her even more. She groaned and scratched her te
s, which she struggled to swallow, and sweated out the remainder of her body's water. S
scomfort in her chest. She gave it a short blink, then disregarded it for a few seconds before collapsing like a starfish on the gr
God,
nthe slid onto her stomach and moved into some thick underbrush while creeping through the hard ground. She saw a shee
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ea. Dianthe's brows furrowed as she scrutinized her odd appearance. Her colorless, probably silver eyes searched her face for recognition as she reached up and poked at her filt
ooped up the cool liquid and drank as much of it as her stomach would allow. She took a few gasping
e river do
her wet hands at the command.
ut when she looked through the holes in her fingers, sh
cool brook water over her fac
mmi
walked over to the edge of t
make
ity down her body, causing the water to rush th
ah.
been hours since she had heard any forest creatures. She had been fumbling
be being
sters from the previous night because of how loud they were, but she suspected it
be a big body of water. She skimmed a few before frowning and turning back to look at t
t the hell i
radually set. She stared as a steady streak of light glistene
with her heart. She kept an eye on it for a while to make sure it
," and warily ducked below her poncho. She gave on
bric that night as she woke up in the never-ending darkness
was stern and unp
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