~Elowen~
Darkness enveloped me as if I had slipped into the heart of a quiet sea. The pain of the arrow in my back, the blur of my escape on horseback, and the fleeting warmth of Voridian’s arms catching me faded like echoes, and my body felt weightless, and I found myself in a stone chamber.
I had recognized it immediately I saw it because it was my home. I saw a woman lie on the bed, her face pale, and she was screaming. It was my mother because I could see the resemblance between us. I had not known anything about her, but seeing her there was something I had always wished for.
This was a dream, and I was glad that at least I was able to see my mother in this dream. Beside her knelt a man, his hands clutching hers.
My father.
“Dad,” I muttered as tears welled up in my eyes as I rem
