You were the goddess of Niava. People's hope, their guardian and protector, their shield from the evil.

However you had your limits as everyone else. You fell into the silent Devine Tower by nightfall, injured, coughing slightly.

The wounds spread across your body and aside from the pain, you couldn't feel anything else. (Why is this body...becoming more fragile)

(My Niava is an extremely delicate world. It and its denizens need me. But the only one who can help me, and save me...) you grit your teeth, not wanting to say that name.

"Zay-" the tower is silent. No one responds. A name once familiar is stuck in your throat  like a thorn. Yet it lasts but a moment, before instinct for survival prevails pride and resentment.

"Zayne!" brilliant radiance containing swift, insurmountable power ripples outward. The biting wind making the pain sting.

"I have told you many times. The Vastraen is not a place for the living. You shall never get the chance to return should you cross the thorny barriers again." Zayne speaks.

"You know my connection to this world runs deeper than blood. And yet, you... Why do you want to destroy it?" dizzy and in pain, you collapse. But he catches you.

The resentment and blame in your heart haven't subsided, but a louder voice drowns out everything. (I need Zayne. Only he can heal my wounds... and free me from this terrible suffering...)

" Even if you want to destroy Niava... You still belong to me at this moment. Obey me...! I need you to heal me now..." forcefully wrapping your arms around his neck, you bite his lips.

"Give me... I want your power." you demand "Between us, there is nothing but endless taking." he backs you away as he kisses you, your right hand on his shoulder, pushing back the cloak before he picks you up.

Stepping into the circular pool in the middle, he makes you sit on a circular ritual plate as he stands between your legs, pulling back to look at you.

"Your injuries... This is your resistance against me?" "They're... all because of you." "To seek help from the gods, you should let the gods hear your supplications."

"I am a goddess." "Understood. Feel this and remember what I'm giving you." His left hand next to you on the plate as his right held the back of your neck as he leans in, kissing down your throat, his marks growing alive.

The plate beneath you starts glowing too, the light spreading over the runes as your hands were on his shoulders. (It hurts but his power keeps flowing)

You push at his shoulder but he takes your hand, pinning it down to the plate "Focus" he leans in to kiss you again, keeping his other hand on your chin.

The kiss breaks suddenly "Don't even think about making me obey you" "All of this is what you wished for, no?" he wipes his mouth.

You push his hand and head to leave the pool but a golden string brings you down on the pool steps and you turn back to face him as he approached with the end of the string in his hand.

"The ritual won't end because you want it to" he pulls you closer, the string dissappearing as your back was brought to his chest.

He keeps his hand on your shoulder as he kisses the back of it. "Zayne..." "Accept it. This is power only you can posses" his hand trails down to your waist as he keeps kissing down your back.

He had caged you in against him, using his free hand to catch your jaw as he kisses from your shoulder up to your neck and chin.

Moving his hand to wrap around your waist, while supporting himself with the other, you were leaning on the edge of the pool on your elbows.

His marks glowing each time when he... You know. You turn around to face him and he pulls back to look at you "I have answered your pleas and desires, yet I sense an even deeper craving"

He had caged you in once more as you were leaning back on your elbows, looking up at him as he runs a hand from your jaw down to your neck and shoulder.