solarstarseed
Inspired by a True Story.
Some call it destiny.
Some call it interference.
Some call it love.
Some loves arrive with light.
Some awaken the dark to find you.
He was the rhythm fate hid in silence.
She was the dream prophecy refused to name.
To answer the drum is to awaken love.
To awaken love is to summon war.
Somewhere between the hum of the city and the quiet spaces between breaths, a soft drumbeat pulsed.
Not loud enough to command attention.
Not sharp enough to startle.
But steady. Insistent.
It was a call-an ancient rhythm older than memory, threading through alleyways, rooftops, and restless hearts.
Shay has spent her life sensing what others overlook: dreams that echo forward, coincidences that feel arranged, love that arrives carrying omens. But when a forgotten music hall in historic U Street begins surfacing in visions, she discovers the city is caught inside a broken loop of time-one bound to a missed moment, an unfinished love, and a past life that never fully ended.
Some believe fate chose her.
Others believe she has returned for something left undone.
To save the present, Shay must locate the past hidden beneath Washington's streets, uncover the secrets held inside a legendary music hall, and face a love powerful enough to ignite memory across lifetimes.
Because some doors in time do not stay closed.
And some drums are meant to awaken what history tried to bury.
Can Shay break the loop before the city-and her own life-repeats the same loss forever?
*****Author's Note: The actual night I had in DC, used for the story. Healthy outlet! The magical realism (Seer, drums, etc), however is an exaggeration! Thanks for reading!****