It is indeed true that absence makes the heart grow fonder but in Qilin Hao's case, it was difficult to deduce her true intentions. Seeking out her estranged husband while he was in the middle of planning to foil her plans was a little too much of a coincidence.
She grinned like a vicious fiend as she lowered her gracious body into the steaming water. The grey edges of the sixteen square meter bath had statues of Qilin mythical beasts all around.
These creatures might be mythical to the human race but to the Nocru it was the true form of the defeated superior lineage also called the Qilin clan.
In their highest ranking form, this clan was described as exceedingly beautiful creatures gleaming like gems and adorned in flames. They had scales on their bodies with their colour and amount depicting ranks in terms of the strength of their aether.