Everything was silent.
Not peaceful. Not calming. A strange, suspended silence that felt like it held its breath around me. When my eyes opened, I did not see Crescent Ridge or the ruined courtyard or the Eclipse sky. I saw only silver. Light stretched around me endlessly, soft and glowing, as if I were floating inside the heart of the moon.
The dream-realm.
The same place I had visited in visions that always left me breathless.
I lay on my back, staring at the silver above me. It had no shape. No ceiling. Just brightness. My chest rose slowly, and for a moment I wondered if I was breathing at all. There was no ache. No blood. No blade lodged in my ribs.
I pushed myself upright.
The ground beneath me rippled like liquid even though it held my weight. The air felt cool as it moved thr
