Medusa held Aleysia's hand tightly, her fingers entwining with her lover's as if to draw strength from their connection. Aleysia, sensing her lover's worry, responded by wrapping her arms around Medusa, pulling her closer. "I'm here, love. I'm not going anywhere," she whispered softly, a soothing balm to Medusa's frayed nerves.
In that instant, Medusa was transported back to the last time she had set foot on this ground, a bittersweet memory tinged with longing. It had been the first moment in what felt like an eternity when she had finally found the remnants of her family after a century of searching, a quest that had consumed her very soul.
After being trapped in the cave as a gorgon and living with the curse for eternity, she was banished by Athena after being raped by Poseidon. The only thing she wanted was to find her family, but that also disappeared.
