It had taken only three words to destroy the world.

We created you.

I stared at my lover, wondering what was real…did that word even have any meaning anymore? I hung my head, fighting to breathe until a gentle hand rested against my cheek.

Her eyes held nothing but love. “Beloved, I don’t know those people, those mundanes. Don’t know why they were here or if they even spoke the truth,” she said as she wrapped her arms around me and held on hard. “But I know I love you, and that is something no god can change.”

My arms filled with the warmth of her, I could only realize that she was right. But would we ever be sure? They had been so weak, so ordinary. Could we continue to live these extraordinary lives? She shook her head, answering the unspoken, and I knew then, what must be done. “I love you, my night sky,” I murmured into her hair.

“And I you, my bright fire,” she whispered and kissed me.

Power eagerly answered my summons.

The inferno I unleashed roared long into the night.