The woman squeezed her eyes shut, fearfully covering her face with her hands.
But the backs of her hands and arms, now exposed, faintly shimmered with green scales. An azure light pulsed beneath her skin, both beautiful and bizarre.
"Don't look at me! I... I'm not a monster!"
Frightened, Annelise Locke suddenly shrank into a corner, her hands emerging from her cloth wrappings to hug her knees as she shivered uncontrollably.
She instinctively sensed a comforting energy emanating from Flora Bloom, yet she was afraid to get too close to the strange woman.
The deep blue Water Energy radiating from Flora Bloom was like a calming potion; proximity to it made her entire body relax.
Flora Bloom raised her hand, slowly reaching out until she touched the top of the woman's head.
The deep blue energy rippled outward, enveloping Annelise Locke the moment it made contact.
