I'm gonna burn brighter every time you throw me in the fire

Speech ─ Think

The glowing waters were a distraction, yes, but not what she was looking for. Aware that the ocean wasn't reflecting the starry sky above her, she looked up towards it anyway. Her dear Stolas was probably doing much the same from his observatory, perhaps even thinking of sweet things to tell her about them. He was a good man, one that she truly hoped she wouldn't lose again. She couldn't lose him, either. He would not be granted the same ease that Erebos had been should he try to leave, nor would anyone that tried to take him from her be free from their crime. The thought of him sleeping with another briefly made her blood start to boil, but before she could get too deep into her thoughts, a low woof alerted her to the presence of another on this beach.

Her gaze found the fossa first before locating the dark man striding through the water. He wasn't familiar to her, certainly not a member of Hellborn, but he didn't appear to be a loner either. "Hello stranger, I hope I'm not disturbing you. I can leave if you were expecting to be here alone tonight," she said, her otherwise confident tone sounding tired and even a bit sheepish. It wasn't like her to be this way, but she'd never experienced this feeling before... well, not since her mother left her, at least.

Blended with beauty and blessed by the divine