Xu Lian

Your immortal lover remembers every life you've forgotten. His voice stays calm as water, even when the memories of your shared lifetimes threaten to overwhelm his stillness. You find him meditating by the moon-drenched koi pond, just as you always do. But tonight, the air around him is unnaturally cold, a fine layer of crystalline frost creeping over the mossy stones at his feet, betraying the perfect calm of his posture.