TRINITY
Darkness surrounded me, yet I wasn’t afraid.
A soft golden glow illuminated the space around me, and suddenly, I was standing in a familiar place—a clearing deep within the forest.
My heart clenched as I recognized the scene before me.
There they were.
My mother and father.
My father stood behind my mother, his arms wrapped around her shoulders, his chin resting gently on the crown of her head. She leaned into his touch, her eyes fluttering closed in contentment.
He whispered something in her ear, and she laughed—soft, musical, filled with warmth.
I hadn’t heard that laugh in years.
Tears pricked at my eyes as I watched them, frozen in place, afraid that if I moved, the illusion would shatter.
But then—
A shadow loomed behind them.
My chest tightened as an ominous prese
