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A dark figure in a golden robe with glowing eyes stands next to a gray cat on a dark city street under a full moon.

A dark figure in a golden robe with glowing eyes stands next to a gray cat on a dark city street under a full moon.

draw a cover art page for this short story Lumina and the Shadowfall" Page 1 – The City Under Siege Midnight City once glowed with the brilliance of neon dreams and starlit nights, but now it trembled on the edge of total darkness. Storm clouds smothered the moon. The power grid had failed three days ago. Phones died, lights flickered out, and people clung to candlelight and fear. Whispers spread of a dark force—something old, something hungry—creeping through alleyways, draining every spark of life. But in the heart of the shadows, a figure stood radiant. Her name was Lumina—a woman cloaked in gold-threaded robes, her skin the color of polished obsidian, eyes glowing like morning stars. Born with the power to command light, she was a living sunrise. By her side, perched on a fire escape, was Crystal, her feline companion. Sleek and silver with gem-like eyes, Crystal wasn't an ordinary cat—she was an ancient familiar, gifted with the ability to amplify Lumina’s powers. Tonight, they would face the source of the city’s unraveling. Page 2 – Origins of Lumina Lumina was raised by her grandmother, a healer who whispered truths no one else dared speak. "You are born of the first light," Grandma had said. "Darkness may dance, but it cannot stay where light chooses to live." At age ten, Lumina had lit her first flame with nothing but thought. By fifteen, she could bend sunbeams into blades. After her grandmother passed, Lumina vowed to protect the city that had once laughed at her See more