Davina Evangelista felt like a truck had slammed into her skull at full force.
Her head throbbed as she slowly awakened, her blurred vision clearing after a few disoriented seconds.
Forcing herself upright, she realised she was lying on a beach of white sand—sand that stretched as far as her eye could see.
The sound of crashing waves reached her ears, followed by a splash of water against her legs. She turned her head to her right and caught sight of an endless, deep-blue ocean stretching toward the horizon.
But the ocean held her attention for only a moment.
Because that which was beyond the ocean immediately seized her focus.
There, on the far horizon, was a ginormous celestial body.
A Moon.
Only its upper half was visible, its cratered white surface mirrored in the blue ocean's waves. It looked eerily similar to the photos of black holes she'd seen online.
Its large size naturally meant it was close, far closer than a moon should be to its host planet.
But then again…
