The world was silent when Serenya woke.No wind, no rustle of leaves, no crack of thunder. Only a strange shimmer in the air — as if the entire world breathed through glass. The ground beneath her was smooth, mirror-polished, reflecting her face in distorted waves. Above, the sky bled silver, and each cloud twisted like smoke through crystal veins.She pushed herself upright. Her reflection moved a fraction slower, lagging behind her. When she blinked, it blinked twice.A pulse of fear shot through her chest. “Where am I?” Her voice came back to her — once from her mouth, once from beneath her feet. Both echoes were wrong, too close.She took one cautious step. The sound rippled outward, shattering the ground’s sheen for a heartbeat before it smoothed again. Each step felt like walking through memory — not on soil, not on stone, but on something alive.She turned slowly, searching for the horizon. The mountains of the Carpathian highlands rose where they should have been, but their ed
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