AsherThe first thing I noticed was the sky, a pale, soft blue, the kind of hue that only comes after the moon has surrendered to the sun. My body ached, not from pain, but from the strange heaviness that clings to you after a nightmare. My breath was ragged, uneven, as I blinked against the light filtering through the trees. I was alive. Unhurt. And then I saw her. Malia was beside me, lying on her side, her chest rising and falling in a slow, steady rhythm. She looked peaceful, her face relaxed, her hair slightly damp, clinging to her skin. The faintest hint of moonlight still lingered in the air, giving her a kind of glow. For a moment, I couldn’t move, couldn’t think. The nightmare came rushing back—her red eyes, the silver blade plunging into my side, the cold, hollow expression on her face. My hand instinctively went to my ribs, expecting to find a wound, blood, pain. But there was nothing. Just smooth, unbroken skin. It was a dream. But it didn’t feel like one. It h
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