Tangled

Chapter 209

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209 Ava: Moon Goddess (II)

209 Ava: Moon Goddess (II)

Traveling like this is nothing like appearing in Sister Miriam's home. O

It's just a rush of white and nothing.

A lack of sound.

There's no wind. No air to breathe. And yet I don't suffocate in its absence, almost as if I don't need to breathe at all.

Even so, I'm falling.

I can feel it deep in my soul.

Until I crash into a nebulous something and the world coalesces around me again.

The world blinks into focus, and I find myself somewhere... else. Somewhere decidedly not my room at the lodge.

I spin slowly, taking in my new surroundings. Towering rock cliffs encircle me, their jagged peaks reaching into an impossibly blue sky, uninterrupted by even a wisp of cloud. The air carries a crisp, clean scent, untainted by the usual odors of civilization. It fills my lungs with a refreshing coolness that I've never felt before, Something I may never experience again.

In the center of this hidden vale, a crystalline pond sparkles, its aqua waters more vivid than any I've seen before. The surface is still, like a polished mirror reflecting the heavens above. I'm drawn to it, my feet moving of their own accord until I stand at the water's edge.

As

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Stare into the mesmerizing depths, a thought drifts through mind-that this place is imbued with magic. It's a strange

that feels undeniably true. The very air

with an unseen energy, making my skin

a melodic voice says from behind me. "It's the magic within

woman stands before me, her beauty almost ethereal. Silver hair spills over her shoulders, puddling against the ground. And yet there's no

eyes? Bright and colorless. Inhuman.

with eyes that seem to hold the secrets of the

voice sounding small

The woman

fluid and graceful. "I am known by many names," she says, her voice like a soothing lullaby. "But you may call me Selena. And this," she

frown, trying to make sense of her words. "My inner

understand."

your veins is ancient and potent. This place

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to

sense at all. "What drought? The world is thriving." At least,

would be how humans perceive

I hesitate, my mind reeling. But something deep within me, a part

identity of this woman is

one person she

sensation spreads up my arm at the contact. Selena smiles, her eyes sparkling with otherworldly light. "Come,"

a glimpse of my reflection in the still surface. But instead of my usual self, I see a glowing figure, radiant with an inner

still.

glow is wild, like a living fire

between a master and

within yourself, Ava," Selena murmurs, her voice seeming to echo from the very rocks around us. "Embrace

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