RAVENNA
The scream tore from my lips before I could stop it.
“No! Don’t take her! Please, don’t take my baby!”
I was running. I didn’t know where, but I was running through the woods, feet heavy with mud, hands reaching for a shadow. The figure ahead of me, vanished, with a small body wrapped in blue. Riven.
“Give her back! I cried, lungs raw. “She’s all I have.”
Then it shifted, the dream cracked. My legs gave way, and I fell. I was drowning in darkness, while Riven’s cries echoed somewhere deep, far away, like she was calling for me from another world.
I woke up choking.
Air rushed into my chest as I shot up right. The cold night clung to my skin, sweat pooling at the base of my neck. I didn’t realize I was crying until I felt a warm hand on my shoulder.
“Ravenna,” his voice was
