REXANNA
The woman is rage and flame, fury… and lightning? And as she stares, wide eyed at the woman with the snarky response, the voice so achingly familiar, there’s a part of her that sinks when Hotaru doesn’t recognize her immediately. But she allows the woman to look, to gaze and choose her sinking point, until their eyes meet. And blues meet green and grey, and suddenly Rexanna feels her eyes almost begin to swim with tears. She stands from her rock as Hotaru approaches, a whisper heard thanks to her Ascended hearing, and a large fanged grin crosses her face when Hotaru’s hands meet her cheeks and Rexanna’s own hands reach out to touch the woman’s shoulders.
“Oh my gods, Hotaru, it’s really you…” She manages through a tight throat, blinking back the tears that threaten to escape. Her true sister in arms, both thieves, the one that had believed in her and promoted her, where she was able to become something better and something more — before her betrayal had cost her nearly everything. She manages to blink back the tears enough to try and pull the woman in for a tight hug, arms trembling and shaking with the realization.
“It’s me, Rexanna.” She says as if she needs to clarify. Who else would have known the blonde’s name if Hotaru’s assumptions hadn’t been correct? She bites the inside of her cheek as she finally sits to stare at her friend, her confidant, her sister and she can’t help but to be speechless, unable to come up with anything grand to say other than how much she can’t believe the woman is there.
Finally, she manages to sift through her thoughts just enough. “You're here, with us now.” All the pieces falling together, the ones that held the mountain together, their snow tipped peaks and raging auroras. They were here together, and gods it was so sweet.
“Oh my gods, Hotaru, it’s really you…” She manages through a tight throat, blinking back the tears that threaten to escape. Her true sister in arms, both thieves, the one that had believed in her and promoted her, where she was able to become something better and something more — before her betrayal had cost her nearly everything. She manages to blink back the tears enough to try and pull the woman in for a tight hug, arms trembling and shaking with the realization.
“It’s me, Rexanna.” She says as if she needs to clarify. Who else would have known the blonde’s name if Hotaru’s assumptions hadn’t been correct? She bites the inside of her cheek as she finally sits to stare at her friend, her confidant, her sister and she can’t help but to be speechless, unable to come up with anything grand to say other than how much she can’t believe the woman is there.
Finally, she manages to sift through her thoughts just enough. “You're here, with us now.” All the pieces falling together, the ones that held the mountain together, their snow tipped peaks and raging auroras. They were here together, and gods it was so sweet.
until the lambs
have become
lions
