Royal Awakening

Jessamine's P.O.V.

A loud, frantic rapping echoed through the massive chamber and jolted me awake. The vivid sensation of my favorite recurring dream—sprinting through a sunlit pine forest on four powerful paws—evaporated into the dust motes dancing in the morning light. My hand instinctively swept across the vast mattress. I searched for the towering heat of the man who had just given me the mos