Ruby POV
I blinked rapidly against the blinding light as the calming sound of flowing water and the sweet melody of birds chirping could be heard. I felt light. I felt peaceful. There was no fear. No anxiety. None of those emotions that I had always associated with death. Just...peace. My body was my own, but it has changed. It was different. I sat up slowly on the bed of bottle green moss and looked down. I was wearing a purple silk dress that fanned out around my body like a circle of protection. My hand instinctively went to my stomach where I had stabbed myself with the knife and I frowned when I felt no wound.
Squinting my eyes against the pale pink, yellow and white hues of the sky and clouds that seemed so low on the ground, I wondered where I was. Was I in heaven?
My wide eyes
