The most beautiful lights imaginable lit up the sky with violent shades of green with faint pink, purple and blue hues that stretched far into the lonely atmosphere above. Aleu sighed contentedly. She had no more will to fight for her life and neither did he. So, it seemed that whatever was left of their time here was to be full of the splendor of Aniu's wonders and the company of each other. Her body was numb to its own freezing by now, but her heart felt warmth spreading. Dying alone would be such an awful fate; she thanked Aniu she wouldn't have to be alone.
Excerpt and illustration from The Soul's Trail .