Mated to the Night Wolf
One can not touch shadow, but as my hand lifts, it deforms into the hand of a Black Death, a shadow grip around its neck and its eyes widen in wonder.
Her head raises, eyes staring into mine, a deep dark oasis. a shallow gasp leaving its lips. As I stare into its eyes, I search through the valley, to its soul. There I see the slave girl, carrying a basket of dead flowers through the dark halls of the Night Court.
"Haven."
My voice is mixed with shadow and chaos, calling through time and space, through her shadow to her soul.
She immediately freezes, a dark sensation crossing her spine, and the hair on her neck raises. She studies the flowers in her basket as they turn to ash, and then, slowl