Chapter 86. While She Sleeps

Giovanna felt herself stepping on a sandy place and believing she must be near the sea, as there was a gentle breeze cooling her body, she opened her eyes. She couldn't remember how she ended up in that place, walking aimlessly. She squinted a little more and saw that she was walking in a place where there was nothing. No sea, no dunes. Just sand and the horizon in front of her. It was clear, but there was no moon or stars. After walking tirelessly through the sand and getting nowhere, he saw a figure standing still. It looked like the shadow of a sitting dog. She approached it. It wasn't a dog. It was a lion. Giovanna stopped next to it, wasn't afraid and understood that she was experiencing something beyond her comprehension. She didn't know if it was a dream or reality.

"Am I dead?" She asked without opening her lips. She had the intuition that it wouldn't be necessary in that place.

The lion, who didn't move a muscle when she s