"Can you hear me, Avalyn? Open your eyes."
A voice was calling for me from the depths of darkness, I could not move, I could not, I tried to open my mouth, to say something, but my voice died in my throat and nothing came out of my lips.
"Stay with me. You have to open your eyes, Avalyn" the distant voice echoed again and I could feel it getting further and further away, or was it I who was sinking deeper into the seemingly bottomless darkness.
"Avalyn..."
"Avalyn."
I heard a voice, a more familiar, warm voice saying my name and all of a sudden I was not alone, not any more. There was someone with me, a hand reached out in my direction, a gentle breeze caressing my skin, a set of glittering, silver eyes.
