Guardians 3

"Welcome to my domain. I choose you as my prey."

A ripple disturbed the still surface of a nearby pond, and from the water emerged a figure both mesmerizing and terrifying. Naiara, the water-haired Guardian, rose gracefully, her form shimmering like liquid moonlight. Her hair flowed around her like a living waterfall, cascading down her back and merging with the pond's surface. Her eyes, the color of the deepest ocean, fixed on Yenna with an intensity that made her breath catch.

"You are the human who dares to trespass in our forest," her voice was like the murmur of a stream, melodic yet laced with an undercurrent of power. "The one who aided in the death of our caretaker."