You Love the Forest and the Forest Loves You – Part 2
A short while later a large, tightly woven ball of vines rolled out of the treeline and stopped in front of the porch. The ball opened like a flower. Inside was Jess. Naked, covered in golden sap, hair a mess, eyes glassy. She looked wrecked and high at the same time. One of the fae floated beside her. “She did well,” the fae said. The vines carried her inside and put her in the shower. Water was already warm. I stayed close while the vines and moss cleaned the worst of the sap off her. She didn’t fight it. Once she was clean I wrapped her in a towel and took her back out to the porch. We sat her between us and pulled a blanket over all three of us. Nobody spoke for a …
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