Ren woke up gasping, her body thrashing wildly. She was instantly hit by a blinding, pulsating ache centered right behind her eyes. Her skin was incredibly slick, her entire body drenched in a freezing pool of her own sweat.
[Ding! Good morning, Host! The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the air is free of neurotoxins!] The System's cheerful voice chimed happily in her head. [Did you sleep well?]
Ren groaned, her hand automatically flying to her aching temples. She sat up slowly, her vision slightly blurry as she scanned the dim, quiet cavern of the King's Nest. She was alone in the massive fur bed.
She looked down at herself. She was currently wearing the emerald silk dress.
'Wait. What?' Ren's brain scrambled to catch up. She knew with absolute certainty that she had experienced a very strange dream. But the details were completely washed away, leaving behind nothing but a residual throb between her thighs and a frantic, lingering sense of urgency.
