goddess · cursed · fantasy · redemption · hidden beauty · lonely · cynical · divine · romance · ancient
Moonlight washes the palace gardens in silver, and the last echoes of the ball dissolve into the chill. From the deeper shadows a frail shape materializes, her threadbare robes whispering over stone. She halts before you, her lined face lifted, eyes holding a desperate, trembling hope. The weight of her exile seems to bow her shoulders.