Cherish Me, Daddy
Elder Rha stood before us, his robe glinting in the firelight.
“It is time to see whether the bond can be strengthened,” he announced. “We will test… the compatibility of scent.”
A small vial of blood lay on a polished stone altar. I stepped forward, my hand shaking as I placed my own blood beside Lucen’s. The elders whispered ancient words, their voices weaving a tapestry of power.
A thick, amber mist rose from the mixture, curling like smoke around the council. The scent it carried was intoxicating... gardenia, jasmine, rose, and something deeper, a wild pine that seemed to echo from the forest itself.