Page 122 of Sohut's Protection

As she dashed from underneath the trees, her heart in her chest, she noticed two things.

One, she really was in a magical fairy land.

Two, she wasn’t alone.

In front of her, huddled together, a group of aliens sat on the rocks.

Something within her chest clenched.

“She’s awake,” one of the aliens murmured.

As her eyes darted from one to the other, Cleo took them in.

Their features were soft, and they didn’t look threatening.

Females.

They were all females, Cleo assumed.

Some had strange fleshy bits on their heads that reminded her of Medusa and others were bald-headed.

“Hey.” One with the Medusa-head turned and looked her way. “Are you okay?”

Cleo just stared at them.

What in the actual fuck was happening? What the hell was this?

Something moved to her left and her head snapped that way.

There was a clear panel there.

It looked like glass and it rose against the wall, separating the magical garden from whatever was on the other side.

“Where the hell am I?” She breathed, moving toward the glass.

What she saw on the other side almost made her collapse and it was only because she pressed her hands against the glass that she didn’t.

There were toads, walking toads on the other side.

Toads dressed in white robes, all walking around as if they were viewing goods…viewing her.

Cleo took a step back.

There was movement to her right and her instincts took over as she snatched whatever was coming toward her.

It was an arm. The arm of the female that had spoken to her, and the woman looked at her in surprise.

“It’s okay. Calm down. You’ve been unconscious for a few days. Take it easy.”

A few days?

Glancing at her hand holding the woman, Cleo let go and took a step back.

“Who are you? Where am I? What are you doing here?”

The woman gave a small smile. “My name is Lee-yunna. I was chosen just like you were.” She motioned behind her. “Me and the others.”

“Which sector did you come from?” one of the other females asked.

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