Aloy is not sure if she should return to Avad as his queen or if she should refuse his offers and head back to The Sacred Lands. Horizon: Zero Dawn. Rated M for sexual content.

Aloy has returned to a bandit camp unsure if she is really there for the killing or if it is because she knows Nil will surely be nearby. Aloy X Nil. Horizon Zero Dawn. Rated M for sexual content.

Is it fate that brings Nil and Aloy together again, or do they unconsciously search each other out? Aloy continues to deny her more passionate nature until Nil drags it out of her. They're both feeling things they know they shouldn't. Second part to A lesson in Blood

Life has always been clear for Aloy; kill the bad to protect the good, and never hurt the ones you care about. Nil is anything but clear to her, and when their work together is complete, he shows her just how much she doesn't understand. Nil asks Aloy to fight him to the death and she agrees; things do not turn out how either of them expect.