Blood and moonlight
Darkness.
Then, light—soft and golden, pouring in like morning sun filtered through smoke. Ava blinked. She was standing, but she didn’t know where. The air was heavy with silence, yet filled with whispers, as though a hundred voices were hiding just beneath the surface.
She turned in slow circles. The space around her shimmered like a dream—real and unreal all at once. Then, from the haze, a figure emerged. A woman… graceful, radiant, and smiling sweetly.