The dark was numb and frigid when a soul was left uncollected, hovering in a space between realms where nothing but the void existed. It wiped at her mind, pulling her under in a distressing dream while memories of a life known within the clouds replayed. Cries, scarlet rain, torn feathers, claws ripping down her back as she arched in surprised. A gruesome world made blind by the light, Peace was nonexistent.<br/><br/>The claws sunk in deep, piercing and separating her ribs. Blonde hair cut through the air, stained by blood, as the angel fought to rip away from the agonizing grip. A dream, all a dream, nothing more. But the pain grew, becoming all to real as thunder crashed through her chest. Iris screamed within her dream, the battle fading away as a new light began to form in the center of her vision.<br/><br/>Again the thunder rattled her insides, another beat of a heart that had stopped, and the darkness fell away. After minutes passed with no signs of life, a sudden breath sucked through her lips as she inhaled in response to the pain. It ripped through her, organs restarting and blood unfreezing from it's stagnant state. Her heart thumped again, and she cried out with a crackling voice while her throat mended and bones snapped into place. Whoever claimed that coming back meant a simple flutter of eyes and a smile was full of it, she knew the true torture of a body restarting it's purpose.<br/><br/>At the time Roan didn't cross her mind as she gripped the sheets, kicking her legs to escape an unseen force. Tears escaped from dried eyes, and she coughed to the scratched misery of her throat. Time seemed to rewind while he body healed reversing every painful memory including the swollen bruise on her cheek. She threw her head back while screaming out her own rebirth, jerking to the side with the intense need to move. His weight meant nothing at that moment, all she wanted was to escape the anguish of her body.