Once upon a story

 I haven't updated here in a while! Between college work and beginning a new draft of my gothic romantasy, it's completely slipped my mind. But I wanted to post the full prologue I wrote a couple weeks ago. It hasn't undergone editing yet - editing is my own personal seventh hell - but hopefully some time away from it will give me a fresh perspective on what needs to be changed. That being said, I did edit while writing, so hopefully it isn't wholly untamed. If anyone has any feedback, I'd love to hear it - I'm always aiming to improve!  Esme  🩷  Prologue For the first time in an eon, I wasn’t being torn to death by the triad of crows.  Dreams within dreams were common knowledge. Supposedly you were meant to pinch the inside of your wrist, hard, and wait three seconds to determine which layer of dreams you inhabited. If you were thrust back into reality, yes, you had freefell into the vacuum of eternal, starry dreaming. But if you stood in your dreamscape waiti...