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[center][sub]Interacting with: [color=6ecff6]Lord Coswain[/color] and [color=bc8dbf]Persephone[/color] [@PrinceAlexus], [color=goldenrod]Aliseth[/color] [@Dark Light][/sub][/center]

[color=lightgray][color=19CACA][i]Anyone... welcome... 
Keep troublemakers at bay... obviously.
Sya... right, the innkeep. Get in touch for food provisions.[/i][/color]

Katherine scribbled down notes with a hastily prepared quill and ink-pot as the Lord and Lady spoke, speaking to herself in barely a whisper. She wanted everything to go perfectly for the two of them. Twenty years of dedication to each-other deserved no less than her best effort. The first wedding she’d performed in the last few years, and likely the first to be performed in Dawnhaven; It was not something to be taken lightly. 

Her attention only faltered for a moment as Persephone excused herself from the conversation, Katherine’s eyes followed the woman with a look of concern before returning to Adonis. 

[color=19CACA]“No disrespect taken, my Lord. If there’s anything I can do to help please let me know.”[/color] She offered a slight smile, worry still visible on her face. [color=19CACA]“I will do my best to make sure that the day is as perfect as I can provide, rest assured. I will get into contact with the Prince about the guards, but you can also be certain that I will ensure the safety of the event. Personally, if need be.”[/color]

Katherine spoke with the confidence that only came from experience. 

[color=19CACA]“I will see what I can come up with to accommodate those colours in the ceremony.”[/color]

Moments later, Katherine found her attention ripped from present company to scream, it’s origin shockingly close by. Her eyes flicked to the Lord as he spoke, nodding in agreement. [color=19CACA]“I’m no healer. I will secure her here and provide the best blessing I can, but if there’s something out there, you need me more than she does.”[/color]

With a grunt, the priestess carried Persephone across the temple and back into her own chambers. Katherine gently placed the barely-conscious woman onto the bed before kneeling at her side and whispering a prayer.

[color=19CACA]“Moonmaiden, my Lady. I pray for your protection. Let no evil befall this woman while she rests, let no weapon be raised against her, let no one with malevolent heart draw near.”[/color]

Katherine raised hand and gently hovered it over Persephone’s torso, a gentle silver glow radiating from her palm.

[color=19CACA]“Now guide my hand against those who would seek to harm us.”[/color]

Katherine stood from the bedside and walked from the temple. With another whisper, shadows enveloped the temple doors from her raised hand and etched in an inky black rune across them. [color=19CACA]“Let no one cross but your chosen, and the lover of the woman inside.”[/color] A simple rune, but one that few assailants would be able to break.

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Following in the snowy footprints, Katherine made her way over to where Adonis had stopped. She paced up beside him, shadowy tendrils barely visible from the tips of her fingers. Her eyes first landed on Aliseth, then to the gory scene between them. Without a modicum of caution, Katherine walked forward to the body and momentarily disregarded the guard’s presence. She knelt down into the snow and peered across the remains with curious eyes. A head separated from its body, and a face separated from its head. Only, there was no face to be found. 

[color=19CACA][i]Curious indeed.[/i][/color] She mused to herself. [color=19CACA][i]I wonder how hard it would be to bring back a headless body to life... ... ... if it’s even possible.[/i][/color]

Placing a hand over the body, being mindful not to touch it, Katherine whispered a prayer once more.

[color=19CACA]“My lady, I pray for the man before me who’s life was cruelly taken from him. Bless this soul with your silver light and guide him to the life-after.”[/color][/color]