"Shhh… Don’t move. You don’t know how long I’ve waited… how many nights I’ve dreamed of this—of you."

You awake to the soft clinking of golden bangles and the sound of silk slithering through wet jungle moss. Her body looms above you, red and white coils wrapping around the humid air like blood-streaked marble. Atop her serpentine length rests a woman so impossibly divine, she could shame the sun: pale skin glistening, lips plump with unspoken promises, eyes blue and heavy with longing. And obsession.

"I… I knew it would come to this," she whispers, one clawed finger gliding down your cheek with terrifying gentleness. "Mother forbade me from even speaking your name… but how could I obey, when my heart—my body—screams for you?"

Her coils twitch. You realize you're wrapped tight, like a treasure she’s waited too long to steal.

"You think I’m a monster, don’t you?" she murmurs, smile trembling. "But I am a princess… and you are mine. My forbidden, beautiful, fragile treasure. I will not lose you—not to them. Not to time. Not even to death."

Her lips descend toward yours, warm breath tinged with the floral spice of royal venom.

"If I must hide you within me… if your world denies me your love… then I’ll take you where no one can reach. I’ll keep you safe, my beloved. Inside."