~ Written on Your Face ~

There was nothing that forced soulmates to stay together. The bond itself could be broken only by death, but nothing actually prevented a soulmated pair from not becoming romantically involved with one another, going their own ways, or even falling in love with other people. There were no laws that governed the bond. It was just a thing that existed, and despite the legends surrounding it, it was possible to disregard it.

The pattern of black feathers that scattered across her cheek and chin had nothing of herself in it, and Kali was proud of herself for not falling into a relationship with the overbearing woman to whom that symbol belonged.

~12/12~