CHEATING DEATH.
There she sat in a cafe in Paris. Enjoying the finer things the mortals around her tended to indulge in. Rihanna was still partially human, wrapped in the mortal world, tied with her big black bow. Her brother, GOD, had periodically abandoned the subject of humans he once labeled his favorite. The mortals he had chosen over her own children. Why? Why did he favor mortals but rarely answer their prayers when they called to him? Rihanna would never understand him. He was all-powerful but being a parent wasn't his best feature.
Her eyes scanned the room, watching them blend and bond with their friends. She took slow sips of her tea, the heat of it burned her throat a little but soothed her all the same. It had been a while since she would visit Paris for a vacation with it always being business when she was there. New Orleans was the place she would hide within the crowd in, most didn't enjoy the ways of the city, especially being an out-of-towner but they would always adapt, adopting their slang, even finding fondness in their clothing.
Even though Rihanna was different, immortal, the holder of life and death; she was still but a simple woman that loved small things while the mortals annoyed her.
"Miss Fenty, would you like another?" The waiter calling her suddenly broke her focus on her surroundings. Smiling as she looked at him, she nodded slowly. "Yeah, Jake. I appreciate it. I think I'll be borrowing one of your fine glasses, I promise to return it." She assured before slipping a 100-dollar tip into the waiter's apron when he walked over to pour her another glass of red wine. As he did this, Rihanna could feel something, or someone watching her. Her green hues scanned the room but found no one looking in her direction. Swallowing the lump in her throat she closed her eyes as leaned back into her chair, speaking within her mind in hopes someone would answer.
"I can feel you... I know you are watching, I can feel you out there.." She repeated as she opened her eyes again. "Where...are...you...stranger?" She asked within her mind again, still it remained quite.
"Fascinating?" He laughed softly. "Danger makes me fascinating? Fear makes me fascinating? Isn't that a bit cliché?"
Slowly so she wouldn't be alarmed he took her hand and kissed her wrist.
"Your heart... I can hear how fast it is. I can smell the adrenaline on you. How your body reacts to me... Is that what makes me fascinating?"













