“So you’re in my head now?” Shahrzad retorted. Just because we’re in a dream doesn’t mean this is a lie.” The dimple appeared again as Shiva hooked a fall of dark hair behind an ear. For just as Shahrzad knew this to be a dream, she knew she would have to wake at some point.
The image tore at yet another heartstring.
A single dimple marred her left cheek, as perfectly imperfect as always. Waiting for the crushing emptiness that was sure to follow. As if in a trance, she stared at her best friend, waiting for her to disappear. Shahrzad’s hands shook as she pushed aside a pane of gossamer and knelt onto the cushions. “Come!” Shiva said, patting the space beside her. “Shiva?” Shahrzad whispered in disbelief as she rounded the foot of the bed and reached for the silk curtain. How many times had she wished to hear that sound just once more?
#SHAHRZAD SERIES PART 8 FULL#
But I hope you’ll forgive this intrusion.” The figure smiled at her with the knowing smile of secrets past, present, and future.Īnd Shahrzad stumbled, barely squelching a cry.Ī bubble of laughter burst from the jewel-toned cushions, so familiar and so full of light that it tore at Shahrzad’s heartstrings. Struggling to catch a glimpse of the face she so longed to see. Shahrzad moved through the fog at a quicker pace, her eyes squinting through the blue darkness and the gossamer veil. In the middle of a platform of cushions sat a lone figure, shrouded in shadow. It hung above her bower-a silent sentinel, surrounded by a veil of diaphanous silk. As she took a slow step forward, it parted around her like a ghostly sea, cleaved by the prow of a haunted ship.Ī warm light began to glow in the center of the chamber. It pooled waist-deep, like thick white smoke, from wall to wall. The marble floor was covered in a gently curling fog. The kind that brought the cold with it, no matter the temperature. With her heart in her throat, she took hold of one handle and pushed it open. Her bare feet trod upon cool stone as they made their way down the cavernous corridors toward the doors of her chamber.
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