500 words. Estimated reading time 2 minutes 30 seconds. What aspect of my being so beguiled her that she would emerge from her shadowed realm to take my hand in hers I cannot say, for the mysteries of her ancient and fathomless soul are far beyond my comprehension. The riddle of that which might inspire such an entity as her to romance, so much farther beyond the reckoning of any mind born of mundane and mortal heritage, that philosophers might only guess in blind ignorance and poets merely muse in horrified awe. Click on the banner to continue reading→