this is how a heart breaks

It took the fair Klein lady some time to digest her tale, but as she did, Ali could see the understanding replace the guilt on her features. She certainly didn't want Siren to feel any shame or guilt for purchasing her. She had come seeking a product for a purpose, and she had found Aliana. It just so happened that fate had smiled down on her for once in her short life the day the caramel and ivory woman set foot into the slavers' den. And may the gods bless Dalila as well for her keen eyes to spot her. Whatever came next in her life, she owed the liberties and the joys in it to Siren. The tiny fae sighed and looked her over, noticing the lady's gaze from the corner of her eye, then said she was glad Ali came into their lives. A warm blush came over Aliana's cheeks, noticeable beneath the pale fur, though she tried to hide it with a shy turn of her head and ears pressed to her crown. "Thank you, Siren." She turned back towards Siren and caught the other young woman's eyes with her own, the gentleness found in her sapphire and silver irises a stark contrast to the hardness she saw in Chimera's.

Ali felt at a loss for words and a loss of breath simply being in the presence of the beautiful nymph of a wolf. She eventually thought of something she'd wanted to ask both of the Klein siblings since she'd noticed it, but had been far too timid and felt out of place to ask of Chimera. Siren, on the other hand, had been nothing but sweet to her through their conversations. "If you don't mind my asking, my lady, but I've been curious... about your and Chimera's eyes. He told me he... sees the dead with it. Is that true?" She stared into Siren's hypnotic gaze, intently losing herself in those eyes. "Are you able to see the otherworld as well?" She'd never met wolves as gifted as Siren and Chimera were with their divine abilities. Chimera, who could peer through the veil between life and death, and Siren... what was she able to see? Could she see gods and heavens, demons and deities all around that other mortals could not? How fantastic, she thought, to be kept in the charge of such magnificent beings such as Siren and Chimera!

"Aliana"