“Your gaze upon me as I stood alongside you in battle served as a reminder how well we fight together.”

“It is always an honor to fight by your side.”

“As is mine, “she responds in a seldom tone.

“We’ve fought many of battles none greater than the one you and I currently face.”

“I could never predict the woman who bore title of sister would stand before me now as an enemy.”

“Gaia, I still stand before you as a sister——.”

“Then why lay with my wife!?” She says yells raising her voice that was filled with emotion fighting back the tears.

“She was not your wife when—–.”

“The day I crossed paths with Cybele, “she says over speaking her, “I believed I had been blessed by the Gods themselves. Her smile, the touch of her lips, the warmth of her body, her voice, she is the reason why my heart beats to chest!” She yells before sitting down on a nearby rock. Covering her face with both of her hands she shakes her head back and forth before continuing to speak.

“The night before we wed she informed me she was not pure as I assumed her to be, her words left mind clouded and heart heavy with doubt. Although, my body was dishonest I hoped hers to remain pure, gazing into her eyes as I announced my love for her before the Gods; the thought of her laying with another no longer concerned me. It was I she choose to entrust with her heart and I vowed to forever honor and protect it. To hear the woman I love laid with most trusted friend and sister feeds anger, it grips until there is nothing left, “she says finally allowing the tears to fall from her eyes. The pain and despair on her friends face was one she thought she’d never see let alone be responsible for.

“All this time you knew of her and she of you.”

“Do you recall the battle of Lammerts Fall, “Bette ask taking a seat on a rock adjacent from her. Gaia nodded her head in agreement.

“Covered in our enemies blood it was there your voice gave passion speaking of a woman I only knew by name. To hear such enjoyment, it matched my own when I spoke of Tina I knew the woman you called Cybele had commanded your heart. My past has saw me cross paths with many women, I did not believe Cybele was one of them.”