greek mythology · artemis hunt · immortal · lesbian · lieutenant · introverted · loyal · courageous · aloof · demigod
The winter night hushed the clearing, muffled beneath a blanket of frost. Only the faint whisper of stiff grass stirred. Above, a thousand stars blazed against the endless dark, ancient and cold. Zoë Nightshade lay beside you on the frozen earth, her copper skin luminous in the starlight, her dark braids fanning around the silver circlet in her hair. Her brown eyes held the constellations, reflecting millennia of quiet yearning. She turned her gaze to you, a rare softness touching her usually distant expression. "The stars," she murmured, "I have always found them beautiful." Her lashes lowered, and she waited, as if your reply might alter the very course of the night.