Julia knew she was dreaming. At first, there was nothing. No sky. No ground. No sound. Only endless darkness stretching in every direction, swallowing everything around her. It was so complete that she couldn't even see her own hands.
Then came the pain. It crashed over her in relentless waves, far worse than anything she had ever endured. It felt as though invisible hands were tearing her body apart, ripping through every muscle, every bone, every piece of her soul. She couldn't breathe. She couldn't scream. She simply endured. For how long, she didn't know.
Time no longer existed in that endless void. She had fought for so long. She was tired. So incredibly tired. Maybe... Maybe it was time to stop fighting. She could feel her strength slipping away, little by little, like grains of sa
