Chapter 15 Her Nightmares

• "What is this place?" she murmured, a knot of anxiety tightening in her chest.
• Lily stood at the edge of a warped, shadowy realm, the landscape swirling around her like mist in the dark. An unnatural silence suffocated all sound, as if the very essence of life had been swallowed by an all-consuming void. Unfamiliar shapes flickered in the background, their forms shifting like phantoms. The ground felt unstable beneath her feet, and an overwhelming sense of dread washed over her, chilling her to the bone.
• As if in response to her unspoken fear, ominous figures emerged from the twilight. They were neither fully formed nor entirely formless, each cloaked in darkness, their eyes glinting with malice. They whispered into the void, hissing secrets that sent shivers through her soul.