a crescendo of flame & melody (bloodraven)

Nerissa closes the gap between them, venom on her tongue as she slowly articulates her words, her body rejecting the taste like poison. Each syllable shatters Elizabeth's fragile barrier, glass piercing through flesh: "Then do it. Kill me, Elizabeth. Let this end by your hand. No one else's."

Elizabeth freezes, her pulsing heart beating faster once more as the truth behind Nerissa's challenge becomes apparent and irrefutable. Her thoughts begin to intertwine as if they morphed into stubborn wires, tangling into an incoherent mess. Static crackles in her ears as Nerissa's voice turns velvety - soft, almost tender. "Isn't that what you want? To be the one to put an end to the accidental chaos I'd caused, to claim the final act as your own?"