"Child of the Pact" published by Alternative Coordinates.

"Child of the Pact is published in the new issue Alternative Coordinates - and it's the free story to boot!

The dream hounded me from sleep; the same one as always. It took a moment to realise that the vines tangled in my limbs were my own blankets, and that I was in bed rather than trapped beneath layers of smothering earth. I pushed the covers from my face and sat up.