Kara felt a tremble start from deep within her.
For the first time she was truly seeing the agelessness in this being of mythology.
The forest quieted, nature letting Lena weave her spell. In the barely moving shade of the overarching branches, Lena was undeniably a creature of another world.
Lena was a dangerous fable that had chosen to sit by Kara's fire.
The mermaid's eyes glimmered with tenacious intent.
Lena has been soft, gentle and human even, but her true nature was a horror eons old. A creature that has haunted and hunted the waters of the globe with little regard for short lived human existences.
The distance between them was not only in their biology, their anatomy, but by the sheer magic of the ages that Lena has endured and witnessed.
"My song could bind you to me." Lena's eyes were animalistic, glassy as it reflected the now dwindling embers of flame.
"It could." Kara knew this to be true. The mermaid could enchant any living being to her. Even now, Kara has never fully forgotten the symphony of that fateful night. Kara would leave her human life and be glad of it, since the song promised nothing but bliss. "You could steal me from my life."
The air tensed while Lena coiled and watched her prey, she ominously made her way closer.
Her shadow seemed all encompassing, growing as it appeared to consume the fire light.
Her approach stopped when the flames crackled and broke the spell of the moment.
"Hmm." Lena returned to her task of butchering the meat, she plucked the snake's venom gland out before tossing it into the fire, the light churned into a greyish blue and all but went out. "I shall then."
Kara trembled in both fear and excited anticipation.
"For the time being, this month will suffice.."
"Okay, yeah okay," Kara breathed heavily as she took Lena's taloned hand in hers, careless of the drying blood and marveled at how painstakingly mindful Lena had to be to returned the squeeze, "that sounds fair."