And then, a light. A glorious white-pink light that warmed her to core of her being.
Unbidden, a different piece of music came into her mind, familiar despite her certainty that she had never played it before. Without thinking about it, she changed the rhythm of her breathing, and her fingers moved to key the new melody.
It came so naturally. It was so…right.
No!
A voice that was not her own seemed to shout in her head, knocking her off her rhythm.
Not now, not yet!
She faltered, shaken to the core, but the call of the music was so strong, the light so welcoming. She could not stop herself…
She felt a…wrenching. Heard an inaudible curse inside her head.
And then everything went black.
Lilly floated in nothingness, for how long she did not know.
Slowly, she came to realize th
