Thelma POV
I sat upright slowly, my chest rising and falling as if I had just woken up from a dream that refused to fade. For a moment, my mind was blank, suspended between sleep and reality.
Then my senses began to awaken one by one, and I realized that I was somewhere unfamiliar. I turned my head from side to side, my eyes widening as I tried to take in my surroundings.
Everywhere I looked, there were trees—tall, strong, and endlessly green. Their leaves shimmered softly under the sunlight, moving gently with the breeze, creating a soothing rustling sound that felt almost like a lullaby.
There were no houses in sight, no electric poles, no dusty roads, no signs of human settlement at all. It was as though we had driven straight into a hidden world that existed only for nature.
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