Blood covered the grass under the moonlight. The tall trees stood still and silent, like they were mourning too.Sara tried to move, but her body wouldn’t respond. All she could do was watch.A woman lay on her back in the clearing. Her chest rose and fell with shallow breaths, her face pale. Blood poured from a deep wound in her side, and the silver glow of the moonlight made her look almost like a ghost. Her dark hair clung to her face, wet with sweat and blood. In her arms, she held a bundle.No— a child.The woman’s lips moved, singing softly through trembling breaths. She reached out with a shaking hand, her eyes glassy as she looked at the baby.“…my baby,” She croaked.Sara stumbled toward her. She wanted to speak, to ask who the woman was, why she was here, but her lips wouldn’t move.Then the woman’s chest began to glow.A bright golden light pulsed beneath her skin, right where her heart was. It flickered at first, then grew brighter, until it looked like the moon had settle
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