The first thing I felt was weightlessness.
No ground beneath me. No crushing pain in my chest. No roaring battle. Only a quiet so deep it vibrated through my bones. When I opened my eyes, the world was silver again. The same endless dream-realm that had stalked my visions. A place without distance or shadow. A place made only of light.
I lay on my back for a long moment, staring up at nothing. The air tasted like cold moonlight. Every inhale felt too soft, too easy. My chest should have burned from the blade that had pierced it. My ribs should have ached. Yet here, nothing hurt.
Something moved behind me.
I pushed myself up, the silver floor rippling beneath my palms like water reacting to a storm. When I turned, my breath caught in my throat.
Kael stood a few paces away, his body glo
