Seraph

Extra 2

Serafina frowned as she looked at the pedestal before her. Rosalie's goddess seemed nice enough, but apparently, the one she would summon was the opposite. She wasn't sure if she should proceed. She gave Rosalie a pleading look, but Rosalie only pushed her forward to continue.

She pulled out a hair, just like her wife had done not too long ago, and placed it in the bowl on the pedestal. The room was thrust into darkness again, all candles blown out. But the eyes that shone through were bright orange. They narrowed at the sight of the others before towering flames erupted around the room where the candles had been. The woman herself was also engulfed in flames.

Before anything could be burned, Aphrodite waved her hands, and the flames stopped just short of the walls. But they were not extinguished.

The woman glared at Aphrodite, who only grinned at her. "There's no need to burn the house down, Chanti; you're a guest here after all, " she teased.

The woman extinguished the flame around herself, revealing a beautifully tanned woman with raven hair. She also wore a white dress like the other goddess, but hers had some red designs, and the top was red around the neck opening. It had a yellow belt, other yellow flourishes, and matching sandals. She had sizeable dangling gold and beaded earrings, a large gold septum nose piercing, and a combination of gold and bead jewelry cuffing her wrists and ankles. But what drew the most attention were the two red warpaint lines on her face and her large crown made of feathers that also had cacti along the band. The woman was very intimidating.

"Why would I be summoned alongside you?" the war goddess questioned.

Serafina began pointing at Morgana's face. Morgana rolled her eyes but agreed nonetheless. She did the same as she had done to Aphrodite before and knelt in front of her before bowing her head, "Thank you for heeding my request, Lady Chantico." She then put her forehead to the ground and stayed still.

The goddess seemed annoyed. She only narrowed her eyes at the witch but didn't allow her to get up. She then eyed the other two mortals surrounding her.

"They only assisted with the summoning at Morgana's request. They don't know the old customs and traditions. You shouldn't penalize them for it." Aphrodite admonished.

"They allied with the witch and should show some respect," the raven-headed woman countered.

"I get why you said that about her before," Serafina muttered to Aphrodite with a frown.

Aphrodite grimaced before looking over at Chantico, who glared at her.

"Oh? What did the goddess of love say about me?" Chantico asked with her arms crossed as she stepped toward the blond goddess. The way the fire goddess had referenced her was heavy with condescension.

"Nothing. But don't speak to me that way! Love is a mighty thing," Aphrodite said as she stood to be toe-to-toe with Chantico, showing no fear. She detested how others immediately looked down on her. Love could cause wars. Love could end wars. Love was powerful.

"My ladies, please," Morgana said as she made her way to separate the two.