Alora’s POV

Darkness swallowed me.

Not the kind you see when you close your eyes.

No, this one was different. I was awake but not in the dimension I wanted to be.

The darkness pulled at me.

It was cold, all-consuming and pitch black.

Then it was as if a light shone into my pitch darkness.

That was when I saw them.

A man and a pregnant woman are standing at the top of a hill holding hands.

It was my first time ever seeing them, but it felt like I'd known them all my life. They called out ...