Page 28 of Unravel Me

The whole thing looks surreal. They're growing in a perfect circle around us.

Did I do this? Maybe I'm giving myself too much credit. After all, I'm having sex with a creature of the forest, so maybe that's why the woods themselves have decided to bloom.

Meanwhile, my whole body is still trembling, carried by swaying waves of ecstasy. Ropes of my seed splash across my stomach and over the jacket I'm somehow still wearing. Just great.

But what exactly happened, and how is it even possible that I came so fast?

I don't come easily. I have too many mental blocks, and I've never been able to completely relax during sex. Mark helped me get past some of them, but sex still never became something I genuinely enjoyed. I would even say I didn't like it that much, since it never satisfied my deeper needs.

And now I'm lying here shivering, trembling, almost vibrating with relief. After so many hours of relentless hunger and strong cramps, finally getting that release feels almost unreal.

Then something changes.

Now that we're connected in this strange way, I can feel him… It’s like I gained a wide-open window into the fae’s soul! And with absolute certainty, I realize this entity doesn't want to hurt me. It actually never wanted to! Quite the opposite. What pours into me is an overwhelming sense of protectiveness, gentleness, care… and something that feels remarkably close to genuine happiness.

I’m completely baffled! What the hell is happening?

It’s almost like the entity knows who I am and was waiting for me? I want to explore it a bit, tentatively reaching into his soul as I search for answers, but…

The fae unexpectedly pulls out of me.

The sudden emptiness is almost painful. He rolls onto his side, slips one arm beneath my knees and the other behind my back, then lifts me effortlessly into his arms.

What is he doing?

Umm, kidnapping me?

Yet, I don't protest or struggle.

I simply let him carry me, suspended in that strange state between surrender and acceptance. I can also feel something trickling from my hole. Obviously, he came at exactly the same moment I did. Convinced the seed will be green, as if that would somehow fit a forest entity, I slip my fingers between my legs, catch a little of it, and lift it closer for a better look.

Wow. It's not green at all.

It looks just like any alpha's seed, which is… unexpected. But then again, who knows?

Maybe forest spirits really do have regular jizz. For some silly reason, I'd imagined it would shimmer with magic, but that's not the case. Interesting.

Then a brief flash of worry crosses my mind, but then I remember that I took the birth control pill Alex gave me, so I should be fine. As for STDs, well, he's a glowing forest entity, hello.

The fae carries me as if I weigh nothing, even though I'm over one hundred seventy pounds. It moves swiftly and effortlessly between the tree trunks, weaving around dense clusters of shrubs, and I get the strange feeling we're heading back toward the same place where I tumbled down the slope earlier.

Hmm. So this is the very direction I was following when I tried to reach the center of the spot Storm marked on the map. A curious thing.

A few more steps, and a small clearing opens up before my eyes. Right in the middle of what I assume is the area Storm pointed out stands… a forest cabin?

That's where the strange entity is taking me.

The house is small, but it doesn't look old, not at all. It's nothing like some moss-covered, ivy-choked cottage with fly agarics sprouting around it, the sort of place a forest gnome might live in. It's new, more like a compact modular home built from wood, except a massive tree rises straight through it, its crown spreading high above the roof.

The fae walks inside like any human would. It simply opens the door with one hand and carries me across the threshold.

I glance around. Wow. This place is… fascinating. It's a bizarre blend of modern comfort and something almost magical.

Long planters line the walls, overflowing with shade-loving vines, while the trunk of the enormous tree forms the center of the cabin itself, as though someone built the entire place around it. It looks fucking amazing, like the home of a forest elf from some modern version of a fairy tale.

To the right stands a wooden bed covered with a thick leather blanket and black-and-green bedding. The whole place is simply a perfect fusion of enchanted woodland aesthetics and the demands of our consumer-driven civilization.

There's also a small kitchenette and what I assume is a bathroom, since I can see a narrow door leading into another room.