Before her eyes, the ship turns toward the horizon, drifting slowing beneath the moonlit sky as she stands in wait……..

…….as she stands upon the wet sand with her sword thrust downward, the ship moves away and beyond the horizon………away………for now she is alone and free to seek……to seek within herself to find what she has been hoping for……when she knows this…….then he will appear out of the darkness and into the light…….not the demon but the knight…….the one she will fight beside…..the one she will love……and the one who shall love her as she is……..the demon slayer…..the dragon slayer…..the woman she has never known existed within her soul……….and only then will she be loved again……she pulls her sword out of the sand, from within the ground and cleans it…..returning it to its steel and leather hilt at her hip………one last look at the ship sailing just out of her sight beneath the moonlit sky and she turns and walks away to find herself among the shadows she has lived within for too long…….light is coming………just time………..in time……the shadows will be gone and the stars will shine brighter than ever before……..