Ceilia's Punishment (2)
The idea of loneliness in this boundless, eternal dimension, a void that mirrored her own impending demise, relentlessly tormented Ceilia, gnawing at the very depths of her being.
With a shivering fear that penetrated to her bones, she shut her eyes tightly, refusing to summon the courage to open them, as the relentless passage of time stretched on.
Then, in a sudden, blinding blaze, a radiant piercing light pierced through her closed eyelids, jolting her into instant bewilderment, compelling her eyes to fly open.
And there, before her, lay a scene that took her breath away, overwhelming her senses with an onslaught of unspeakable joy, causing her to collapse in a heap, her tears flowing freely.
Gone was the suffocating cloak of darkness, replaced instead by an awe-inspiring spectacle of unblemished, cerulean blue, interspersed with an abundance of lush, resplendent foliage.
Finally, after an eternity of desolation, she had broken free!