Child of Moon and Flame

Kaia's POV......

I was floating.

Not standing, not falling - just suspended in endless light. It rippled around me like water, weightless and silent. My body felt heavy, but not real. My heartbeat was slow, distant, like the sound of a drum from miles away.

Then came the voice.

"Wake, child of moon and flame."

It was soft, yet it carried through the void like thunder, every syllable wr