And there she was. The aether that had been twirling and swivelling around her rippled and faded in golden glitter as Inez opened her eyes. Unlike the other sirens, she didn't have better control over her magical abilities yet. The second she lost control, it would disappear, but at least it got the work done.
"What are you doing here?" Inez questioned, taking Selene by surprise. The woman was sitting by the small pond that was hidden deep in the forest. "Don't tell me you came this far to see the stars?"
She noticed that Selene's hands were tightly clenched in her lap. From her tense shoulders to the hard gritting of her teeth, Inez could see that something had happened when she and Laxus left her. Something that stepped on Selene's pride, and yet the woman couldn't counter because of her pitiful condition.
