Tears of a Mortal, Regret of a God
Her scent, that cloyingly sweet stardew fragrance unique to the line of Fate, assaulted my senses, making me want to retch.
I clenched my fists, closed my eyes, and, as if enduring torture, brushed my lips against Cassia's.
In that brief contact, I felt no joy, only a deep sense of wrongness and guilt.
My mind was flooded with uncontrollable images of starlit nights, of Elara shyly standing on her tiptoes to give me a surprise kiss, then running away blushing, leaving behind a faint, clean scent of herbs.
That was our first kiss.
"The ceremony is complete! Congratulations to you both on becoming eternal divine partners under the witness of the laws of the Styx. May the divine bloodline prosp