36| City, I'm Back

Rain's body was crushed. Her muscles felt stiff and tense like a crowd had just beaten her. It was excruciating pain even to breathe. Rain was trying to squirm in her bed when she faintly heard the sound of birds chirping in the distance.

Rain suddenly woke up. Her eyes opened wide even though her body was stiff and she couldn't move. Rain had only heard birds chirping in the morning for the first time since she came to Darkwood Palace.

"Wait, am I still dreaming?" she thought.

Rain wasn't sure she had heard the birds chirping. Even though Darkwood Palace was on top of a mountain and surrounded by dense forests, Rain felt like she was in a void. In Darkwood Palace, no one could hear the cooing and squawking of the beasts, apart from animals and birds on certain nights.

Rain felt very lazy. She realized the sun was already quite high that morning, though the dressing was still the same—grey. Rain refused to move from her soft and warm bed. The experience she had gone through last n