Raven's POV
I drifted into a restless sleep after Asher left my chambers. My body felt impossibly heavy, every muscle aching from exhaustion, hunger, and the weight of everything I’d endured.
The constant battles, the sleepless nights, the silent war within myself, it was all becoming too much.
Then, suddenly, I wasn’t in my chambers anymore.
I opened my eyes to find myself in a strange place, an endless expanse of nothingness.
Shadows twisted at the edges of my vision, stretching and curling as if they were alive. The air was thick and suffocating, and no matter how much I walked, I felt like I was going in circles.
The eerie silence pressed against my ears, making the steady pounding of my heart sound deadening.
I tried to wake myself up, tried to force my mind back to reality,
