A Love That Hurts

I sat at the edge of my bed, Ginevra beside me, my mind racing as I tried to figure out how to explain where I’d been.

“Do you know how worried I was? I thought I’d lost you again,” his voice cracked.

“Again?” I asked, confused.

He stared off into space, his eyes distant, and didn’t answer.

“Ginevra, I don’t know where I was, I think I met a deity, but somehow she felt... different.” I paused, struggling to find the right way to describe it. “We worship deities and all that, but whenever I think about her, it feels like she and I were... on the same level. I don’t know how else to explain it.”

Ginevra let out a heavy sigh. “I wanted to tell you I know where to find Damien, but when I got here and you weren’t home, I thought the worst.” He smiled sadly. “Especially when I tried to follow your scent, but it just... stopped. A few steps from the house, it was like you’d vanished.”