The Shepherdess

[Second person, Western fantasy, half BE and half TE]

The immortal witch rang her shepherd's bell and saved a human.

! A 35,000-character short story, written while sorting through old drafts and looking for an outline. The story is complete.

! An unconventional nonhuman woman × human pairing. The female lead is nonhuman.

! The male lead is dark on the inside, whether or not he lets you see it.

! Whether the ending counts as BE or TE depends on the reader, so it is marked as half of each.

Theme: Time waits for no one