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Chapter One
A SHIMMERING DUST OF RADIANCE, FAINT VOICES, A FLOATING sensation… but that's
all.
I can't feel my heart beating. My lungs don't seem to be moving air.
Where is my body?
For a time, I allow myself to ride the waves of light while I search for my hands, my legs… my
face.
Nothing.
I am gone. The world has vanished, and along with it, everyone and everything I have ever loved.
An ugly, high-pitched voice whispers, "You killed my father… I hate you… Mother hates you…
You deserve to die. …"
Grief shivers the brilliance, and it turns white-hot, blinding. Who is that? I don't recognize the
voice. Imustbe dreaming . The dazzling ocean washes around and through me, but it has no
warmth, no feel on my skin. Maybe I am dead. Is this what it feels like when the reflection-soul, the
soul that travels to the afterlife, slips out with the last
breath and hangs in the air around the body?
Somewhere deep inside me, a silent scream rises.
How did I die?
Was I sick? WasBlackbirdTown attacked?