Dawnlark Plains gathering shadows

the one who answered her call belonged to both light and shadow. almalexia regarded him in cool silence as he approached. closer and closer she let him, until she felt the warmth of him radiating through the cold air.

the voidsent creature stiffened, lips peeled back in a silent snarl. challenge, invitation, test. let him prove his worth to her. let him bleed in the name of divinity.

and if he would not,

the prophet would know him as unworthy of her. worthy only of death.