Ellie POV
The dream came softly at first, like another memory I hadn’t meant to remember.
I was standing in a field of silver blue grass that shimmered under a full moon. The air was cool and still, the stars so close they seemed to hum. A woman stood a few paces ahead, her back turned, hair dark and reflecting the light.
I knew her before she spoke.
“Mother?”
The woman turned. Selene’s eyes were the same soft gray I remembered, shimmering like moonlight. They were kind and knowing, full of a love that reached across years.
“My little moonbeam,” she said, her voice soft as a breeze.
My chest tightened. “You’re here. I’m so glad. I need you. I feel so lost.”
“What the goddess keeps is never lost,” my mother said. She reached out, her hand brushing my cheek, warm despite the dream’s
