C85 THE FLAME THAT BROUGHT BACK THE SKY
The first thing Elara sensed was quiet.
Not the peaceful kind that came with sleep — this one was long, heavy, filled with whispers she couldn’t name.
She opened her eyes.
The world surrounding her was no longer earth or sky. It was light — molten gold and shadowy crimson swirling together in slow, deliberate motion. Like flames remembering what it once was.
Elara floated
