Never thought I'd hear from you again

Part of her felt like the shrine had been reclaimed, but the bigger part of her knew better than that. She hadn’t ever been scarce here, near the shrine was where the meetings were held and she meditated everyday by the waters edge. The shrine was much different than the ocean. Especially now with the strange occurrences and the glow that had crept onto the land as the sun was darkened. She felt like the shrine and the water beneath were darker than the rest of the eternal night. Like a shadow lived here now. The Empress found herself unintentionally avoiding it when she would normally seek out the location. Nothing was right anymore.

The ivory trees were luminescent under the moon these days, but it was the feeling of wind in a still forest that put a chill up her spine as she lay sunset eyes searched the canopy. Then behind her she heard someone whispering. Venom turned about face, her hackles raised and her quills sticking straight up as she was confronted by…. Nothing.

She shook her head, but at the same time heard a voice again behind her. Letting her frustration rule over her fear she turned again and saw Pague. Though it certainly hadn’t been his voice she heard. ”Plague,” She greeted him softly, skirting past trees as she neared him. He looked exactly like she felt.