"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
Vanth was a female demon in the Etruscan underworld, frequently depicted alongside other manifestations of the same figure (two Vanths are better than one, apparently) or another underworld demon known as Charun (later referred to as Charu). She lacks a direct equivalent in Greek mythology...
"too long for traditional publishing", and on Saint Valentine's day nonetheless! Yeah, this rubbed me the wrong way a little, since I'm perfectly within the boundaries of the word count recommended for my genre and hey, if you like the project we can trim it,...
