When the Moon Bleeds Red
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The Dream Returns
That night, as the garden slumbered beneath mist and starlight, Elara lay in the room once hers, inside Crestfall Manor. The bed was unfamiliar, yet somehow comforting. Her fingers brushed the edge of the velvet blanket, embroidered with sigils she couldn’t name—but that made her heart ache.
She fell asleep to the hum of the wind whispering her name again.
And in the dream…
She stood in a cathedral of stars. The world shimmered like glass. At the center, a cradle floated in golden light, and inside it—an infant with silver eyes and hair like night.