The last thing Edward remembered was the system screaming at him.
[ Objective: Escape immediately. ]
[ escape you idio- damnit! ]
[ Initialising emergency protocol. ]
Then there was a blinding flash of light.
He groaned, feeling around the fluffy, but damp ground he struggled to move his stiff body.
"What the hell happe-" He stopped mid sentence when his vision finally cleared, and the scenery in front of him came into view.
He was not in the palace anymore.
Instead, he was in some kind of jungle. So ancient and that he couldn't even see past the canopy to the sky above. The trees were impossibly tall, their roots twisting like veins over the ground. Everything felt wrong—too quiet, too still, as if the entire forest was holding its breath.
He looked around, dazed, only to yelp in surprise.
There were four people laying around in the soft forest bed next to him.
The closest him was Selene.
Then there was Aria, who looked horrified for some reason.
