Bendición entre las sombrasEl silencio, ausente como los latidos de un corazón marchito. A sus tímpanos llega la profunda reverberación del dominio de una mente maldita, alojándose en ellos el eco de una cueva cimentada sobre el esqueleto de una criatura de grandes dimensiones. El muchacho tendido boca arriba en la superficie, flotando sobre un extenso lago carmesí oscuro, pareciera haber sido engullido de un bocado por la bestia. Su rostro permanece completamente pálido: es un blanco que representa la pureza sin mancha o la muerte que acorrala su alma, todavía sin darse el lujo de tocarla. Sus ojos rasgados se niegan a abrirse. Él quiere creer que su suposición no es correcta, que todo forma parte de una pesadilla, pero la risa ajena que de pronto resuena lo obliga a tragar saliva y enfrentarse al paisaje tenebroso. Lo que ve primero son los grandes huesos vertebrales de una columna de animal colosal que cuelga encima de él a unos cuantos metros del suelo, las gruesas costillas extendiéndose a lo largo del luga

Blessing in the shadowsSilence, as absent as the beating of a withered heart. To his eardrums comes the deep reverberation of the domain of a cursed mind, lodging in them the echo of a cave cemented on the skeleton of a creature of great dimensions. The boy lying face up on the surface, floating on a vast dark crimson lake, seems to have been swallowed in one bite by the beast. His face remains completely pale: it's a white that represents purity without stain, or the death that corners his soul without having the luxury of touching it, still. His almond-shaped eyes refuse to open. He wants to believe that his guess is wrong, that it's all part of a nightmare, but the sudden echoing laughter of someone else forces him to swallow his saliva and face the gloomy landscape. What he sees first are the great vertebral bones of a colossal animal column hanging above him a few feet above the ground, the thick ribs stretching across the place like prison bars. Although this domain gives the illusion of warm