Chapter 14 Traitor!?
She slept uneasily.
The world around her vanished into stillness, and then darkness. Not the quiet kind, but the kind that breathes. That moves. Black clouds rolled like ink in water, swallowing her whole. Cold air scraped her skin like broken glass.
Her limbs wouldn't respond. Her chest tightened.
Then came the pain.
It started in her fingertips tiny needles then spread like fire under her skin, crawling, tearing, consuming....
She opened her mouth to scream, but no sound came. Only the storm heard her, and it answered.
A voice, ancient and enormous, curled through the void like smoke:
"Virelthane."
"What....is this voice, it's defening"
It was a word she didn't know, but it knew her. It resonated through her bones, deep and low and full of something old. Something waiting.
Then the pain stopped.
The clouds shattered like glass ....
Then she was in another void , pitch black ....
"What .... I can't see ....
Where am I ? "
" My eyes are getting diz...y "...
One
Two
One
Two ...
[What's this noise...?]
Hey...
( Luna Opens her eyes . she saw a 8 years old child looking at her , while she was laying on the ground....)
Hahh...
"Are you slacking Sohee , that's no good . What if the instructor caught you ? "
Luna/Sohee ,"ahh oh it's you Minho "
Minho , "you don't seem alright " the boy weared a concern expression.
Sohee , ohh it's nothing just a weird dream
She looked around. It was an underground training Area
She slowly stands up .
But something was off ..
She saw that everyone accept her weared a stange neck band more like a strange device
"Minho , what's that thing around your neck !?"
You don't know , haa as expected to a top teir like you .
The boy suddenly looks at luna with a stiff face , his expression suddenly went blank ...
He said,
This device it's a shakle ...
His eyes was depicting resentment towards Luna ....
Luna takes her step backward
"What...no
why are you looking at me like that !?"
She heard a sound of bangg!!!
As if something strong hitted the wall
She looked at the boy nervously , he looked at her deep in her eyes calling her traitor Virelthane ....
"This word ...,again "
She started hearing banging sound , it was defening ....
Then suddenly she wakes up , freed from the void ...
She was cuffing as if someone choked her to death , She opens her eyes fazed , swet breaking through her ...
She drinks the water hurriedly...
It was past mid night , dark outside...
"Wh...what heck is going on , tsk damn it "
"Am I forgetting something...
Bang!!!!
The loud voice came again , but it wasn't loud enough in comparison to the previous one
Knock. Knock.
It wasn't the door. It wasn't footsteps. It was soft, gentle… like a tap on glass.
Her eyes fluttered open. Slowly, cautiously, she sat up and turned her head toward the window. There it was again like a whisper knocking.
Curiosity stirred her half dazed mind.
She unlatched the window...
The instant she did, a powerful gust of wind swept into the room like a creature finally set free.
It wrapped around her like a silk ribbon wild, but warm. For a moment, Luna didn't breathe.
The wind was alive.
It circled her, twirling strands of her hair into the air, brushing her cheeks, tugging gently at her sleeves as if it were playing a game.
Strangely, Luna felt no fear. In fact, she felt... relieved.
She gave a soft laugh. "Hey, little wind… what are you doing here?"
The breeze danced around her in response, lifting a stray curtain and making it twirl like a ghost in delight. Luna smiled and held out her hand as if to pet it. The wind brushed against her palm like a cat.
"You're playing with me, huh?" she said, her voice a whisper in the moonlight. "What's your name, little one? Hmm, of course… you can't talk."
She tilted her head in thought, watching it dance in little loops.
"Let's see… your name will be… Zera."
The wind shivered with delight, as if to say, Yes. I like that.
"You liked it?" Luna giggled. "Me too."
She let out a long breath and sat back on her bed, still watching the breeze curl around the room like a living ribbon. Her voice grew softer.
"So… you were the one who woke me up from that nightmare, weren't you?" she asked.
The wind slowed, almost solemn, and touched her face like a promise.
"Thanks to you, I'm safe. I might've… I might've died otherwise," she said, the weight of the words barely there in her voice...
She lay down again, pulling her blanket close as the wind continued to circle protectively near her.
"I'm going to sleep again. Will you protect me… like you did just now?"
The wind trembled, then gave a soft whoosh like a breathy yes nodding through the air.
Luna smiled.
"That's great… I'm tired," she murmured. "I'll sleep now, then."
And with the wind named Zera standing silent guard, Luna drifted off, her dreams lighter than the breeze that cradled her....