Chapter 21 - Epaheyy, Oyá!
"Found you!"
A thunderous voice echoes through the air.
I’m floating over stormy waters. Lightning cracks and strikes around me, in every direction, as far as the eye can see.
In front of me, there’s a woman.
It’s a black woman, floating as well. She wears a patchwork dress of white, pink, and red. She has a muscular frame and carries an unsheathed sword in her right hand and a whip made of horsehair in her left.
Her face is covered by a red beaded string veil, leaving only her mouth visible.
I immediately recognize her.
"Epaheyy, Oyá!" - I salute her on the ritual greeting. It means "Hello, Oya!"
"Ohhh. I see that my daughters recognize me even in another world. Hello, Aurora. Or should I call you Aurea now?"
"Any you prefer, Dusk Mother. I wasn’t expecting to meet you here..." I take a look around me. "Wherever here is."
"We are inside your dreamscape. I’m so glad I finally managed to find you. You ate the fruit of the Tree of the Enchanted Ones, right? That’s what activated the link between your soul and me."