My brows knit tightly into a deep frown as I took a few steps back from the spot I was standing on.
For some entirely unfathomable reason, my body involuntarily reacted, moving away from the eerily perfect voice long before the rational part of my mind could even grasp the situation.
Kiara… that name sounded familiar. But for the life of me, I couldn't recall where I had heard it before.
A soft giggle echoed in the dimly-lit steel chamber following my instinctive retreat.
In the next surreal moment, a silhouette gracefully stepped out of the shadows in front of me.
"...What the–?!"
As she entered the small circle of light, revealing her face, I couldn't help but widen my eyes.
My breath seemed trapped in my lungs, and my words remained stuck in my throat as I could feel my heart thumping wildly on an erratic beat, skipping a few in the process.
The young woman in front of me was the most angelic being I had ever laid my eyes on.
