Maya stood in the eerie silence of the Dream Land, the cool evening air brushing against her skin like a ghostly whisper. The landscape around her, normally filled with Tay's brooding yet familiar presence, was eerily empty. The tall, jagged mountains stretched into the distance, shrouded in mist and shadows. The sky, usually a swirling mass of deep blues and purples, was now gloomy, casting everything in an ominous twilight.
But Tay wasn’t there.
A strange dread twisted in her stomach as she looked around, hoping to catch even the faintest sense of him. For years, every time she entered this place, he had been there. Watching, waiting, or simply present. But now, his absence was a tangible weight pressing down on her chest.
Had he given up on her? Just like that?
The thought struck he
