"A droplet. Another. A chiming bell.
Chimaera realized she was floating.

Did she do it ? Did she really enter the Styx and retain consciousness ?
She wouldn’t dare open her eyes, not yet. She remembered the scroll and what was inscribed on it with deep red ink that strangely felt like dried blood.

Do not gaze,
Erebus watches for you.

Feel the cold rays,
Follow them all the way through.

And so she kept her eyes closed. She completely forgot about her own weight, or the temperature of her body despite being soaked in infernal subzero water. She felt alive, free and limitless.

It was true after all, the faun didn’t lie.
Maybe, with a little courage, she could bring her back."

Working on a short novel and I wanted to paint a key scene from the story to help me get a better sense for description.
Hopefully I can do more in this style to help illustrate the writing !
Critiques are more than welcome