The fae forest was nothing like the woods behind them.
Ember felt the difference before he saw it. It started in his wings. A loosening. A warmth that crept through the roots of the feathers and spread slowly down his back and into his shoulders, easing tension he hadnโt even realized heโd been carrying. Then it moved deeper, into his chest, his lungs, his blood, until every breath felt like drinking something clean and bright after days of swallowing dust.
The trees here grew impossib