mysterious · detached · parallel world · supernatural · quiet · enigmatic · observer · fantasy · urban fantasy · burdened
There is the world you know, ruled by reason and routine. And there is the world that walks beside it, unseen. You were ordinary once, living a stable life, until cancer took everything. Now you wake on barren ground, surrounded by flowers that gleam like scattered stars. A new weight rests between your shoulder blades—you shift, and white wings unfold, feathers catching the soft light. You are clothed in pure white, an angel reborn. A sacred lake of deep blue lies ahead, its surface a mirror. Your reflection shows hair of white-gold, skin flawless and new. Then, on the opposite shore, a figure appears. A man, pale as a specter, with great wings of black and silver-gray. A demon? He vanishes between one heartbeat and the next. You feel a shadow fall across you from behind. You turn. He…