"Selene, my beautiful princess, how are you?" the soothing voice of a woman made Selene looked up only to see her mother. She had come. She jumped out in joy and immediately went on to her mother while offering a big hug.
It's been a month since her mother left, and only has she come back now. She's left in the custody of their servant, but the emptiness she feels in her mother's absence is that of a void space; it's darkness with no light.
"How was your quest Mother, have you found him already?" she asked with a hopeful voice.
Her mother's silence implies that she has not yet found the man. Selene sighs, a bit disappointed at what had happened. Her once hopeful self started to crumble little by little. She flashes her mother a fake grin to reassure her that she's okay despite the turmoil within her beings, as she always does.
Selene asks the God of all beings why her mother, the moon goddess, the maker of destiny, can't find her mate. How ironic could that be?
Theia's touch makes Selene's heartaches more, the thought of dying has crossed her mind, and she cannot bear the idea of leaving her mother. Selene was crying in her mother's loving embrace when the pain in her chest started to resurface again.
"AHHHHHHH…"
"Mother, p-please help me," Selene pleaded, her suffering being twice as intense as before. It feels like someone is sculpting her chest with a fiery chisel. Selene's body moved in every direction as if an evil ghost was possessing her. She crawled in agony on the floor, grasping her chest. The scenario is too heartbreaking for Theia, watching her hopeless daughter.
She tried to cast a spell that stopped Selene from moving and hurting herself more and used teleportation in bringing her daughter back into her chamber. Selene kept groaning in pain after Theia placed her on her bed while blood splattered in her beige gown. Her mother's golden string is tied around her hands and feet, hindering her from moving further.
Selene's constant cries of misery shattered Theia's heart because she, too, was powerless to alleviate her daughters' agony. Theia even put her life in danger by traveling to the demon realm to make peace with someone who had caused her daughter anguish, but she failed.
'Have I not known you were to experience this, I should not have fought for him and allow him to live with her. I'm sorry because the decision I made, which I thought right, leads you to this agony' Theia's tears stroll down at her face as she remembered what had happened years ago. Theia lately realized that the fight she did was not worth it because her daughter is the one who's paying for the price.
The commotion of the servant in the palace has enthralled the moon goddess attention. She went out to see the source of unrest and saw the wilting of prickly bush ornamentals in the garden. Among all the flowers in the garden, only roses are withering, which is a weird phenomenon that ever happened in the palace. Theia remembers her daughter, and the line formation draws in her chest—could it be rose?
She ran back to her daughter, only to find a bright light covering her daughter's chest, as if someone had wielded it, painting a horrific drawing, and her daughter's chest was the canvas. The evil force in Selene's chambers is so strong that even the moon goddess' strength weakens.
Selene's screams are harsh as her body begins to weaken from the torment that has suffocated her inner selves. She's gasping for oxygen as her world begins to spin, transporting her consciousness to another dimension. Selene had finally rested after hours of battling the pain that someone had embedded into her.
Theia sings a lullaby as she touches Selene's face, tucking strands of its loose hair on her daughter's ears. The serene expression on Selene's face is soothing, like she was not battling with pain a while ago.
