Darkness caressed her skin, as she found herself gazing up at the stars. Hope surging through her and pulsing with mild excitement at the unlikely possibility.
This was the best part. The possibility of unlikeliness.
It was heady like a drug. Making her heart pound and her eyes wide, searching.
The rustling of silk brought her out of her thoughts as she turned to gaze into tawny depths.
"What do you search for, Miko?"
She turned her eyes back to the scenery before her.
"Salvation."