Craig’s nimbus, his signature in the supernal world, the realm of magic, began to manifest. The sounds of the ocean surf, the salt and brine in the air began to rise around the two as they lay there caught between worlds. Ethereal water seems to appear and puddle around the two of them as they lay prone, and then the change began. Blue lines slowly began to appear on his skin as if seeping through and staining him from within. Woad markings in curves and deep blue began to move across his skin as if following some ancient series of valleys and channels.<br/><br/>At first he did not see the markings, his only thoughts on the woman beside him, with him, his mate. His eyes alternating between opened and closed he missed at the deep sapphire blue scored him without hint of some hidden brush. It was not until he caught sight of his hand and arm that he paused.<br/><br/>“Peg… what is happening?”<br/>