REXANNA
they said you were the crooked kind
The dirt that covers her hands disappear, and it feels as though it was never there to begin with — not in the way the glamour worked, where the dirt wasn’t visible but it still felt oily. She feels clean, and the lock around her heart that changes it colder as she remains in her prison cell begins to melt as the prison, too, disappears. This is what she’s asked for, after all, the glamour fading and disappearing is exactly what she wanted. The magic raging like fire beneath her skin as her tears dry and she inhales sharply at the view of the darkness that now surrounds her — pitch black and suffocating.There’s a small flicker of light off in the distance, and she focuses on it, beginning to take steps toward it. As she does, the skin around her collarbone prickles and raises, and she lifts a hand to touch it, to feel the brand return. Her stomach sinks, but only a fraction. She’s nobody’s prisoner now. And she never will be again. Her escape from Zariah showed her that much.
Her pace quickens and before she knows it she stands before the ethereal figure of the Voice, as her words wrap around her. The Voice mentions that she’s embraced the old gods, and Rexanna’s sapphire gaze linger on the goddess before her. She has learned from Frey, been cursed by Frey, been blessed by Frey, and heard nothing after. She’s glad that Phoebe is so devoted to them, but it wasn’t a life for Rexanna, to be toying with gods. She looks up into the Voice’s face the best she can. “I choose you.” She says, breathlessly though the tears still well at her eyes, they fade as she stands before the only higher being she feels connected to, despite being abandoned by her own.
Abandoned no longer.
She feels the fangs grow within her mouth, her canines sharpening to a point, and she sees the open arms of the Voice. She doesn’t know exactly how to feed from the Voice, but she lets her instinct (so new and fresh) guide her until she kneels before the Voice and feeds for the first time.
but you were always gold to me
