Jitendra Bhatnagar

Chapter 1: A Dream of Ash and Starlight

Chapter 1: A Dream of Ash and Starlight The dreams had started on the first night of the red moon. Liora lay in bed, bathed in the bruised light of twilight that filtered through her narrow window. The dream still clung to her skin, her breath shallow, nipples pebbled beneath her thin shift, thighs pressed together. Not from the chill.