Lulu “I just had a dream.” I told Caspian about it after a silence that had gone on far too long to feel normal. We were standing in the room Niobe usually used for private talks. The crystal lamps along the walls glowed dimly, casting long shadows across the floor. The night air was still cool, yet my palms felt warm and slightly damp. I started from the beginning. The calm lake. The moonlight that was far too bright. Morpheus calling my name as if it were the most natural thing in the world. I told him how safe I felt when I saw him. How that feeling came before the fear. Then how his body changed. Bone. Fur. Water and shadow folding into one around him. I didn’t stop myself. If I hesitated, I knew Caspian would either fill the gaps with his own assumptions or brush it off as nothi

