butterflies.
they seemed to be enchanted with the fem, moving around her, surrounding her. they danced on paper wings, none daring to touch her, all knowing what she was. in spite of her soft, almost angelic appearance, she was a predator. she was beautiful, a thin frame covered in silk-like cream colored hairs, delicate and almost gossamer in appearance. between them peered dark eyes, haunted by what had once happened, and what would one day happen.
witch. demon. monster. they'd spat at her, back in paris, for her abilities. her gifts. she'd been born a psychic, something strange and foreign, and they saw it as unnatural. for a time, as a girl, she'd believed them. but she'd left her native france, and found a world much more accepting. a world where she wouldn't be criticized for how she was born, but loved, embraced. she was seen as special and magical, unusual in the most wonderful way. she'd been mentored for many months by those older, wiser, and now, she was free to make her own way in the world.
so, she was there, sitting at the border of the rift. the feline, nearly thirty months old, looked beautiful. regal, foreign, lovely. she sat there, poised and graceful, those dark brown eyes watching over the border, waiting for someone to come.
but she knew who'd come, she knew when. she knew everything that would come next.