Sherlock Holmes & The Goddess of Love
But, there was one form of love that I, Maya Estlle Lamour from the Lamour family, have spent the last thousands of years of my existence learning, exploring, and understanding. It is a divine elixir that possesses the very beings of mankind itself, a gossamery and celestial marvel that can illuminate the darkest corners of the universe. A love that is transcendent of all things. So powerful and fierce that it set the soul ablaze with its blinding light. Forged in the crucible of passion, this love burns with an intensity that knows no bounds. The kind where two hearts merge to become one. Beating a symphony of pure bliss for one another, stringing together the perfect melody for contentment and harmony. One that surpasses all other forms of affection, a supremacy of attraction that supersedes even the intrinsic familial bond between a mother and her child. It endured through all adversities, unafraid to scorch any who would dare douse its raging inferno. It is a flame that is never extinguished, a bond that is never broken, and a force never to be weakened. This love endures the worst of circumstances, like a blossoming flower flourishing through the bitterness of winter, or a bird that sores to the sky in reckless abandon. It is the greatest gift that one can ever receive, a divine blessing from the goddess herself and yet so profoundly beyond our earthly selves. That is the love I have been searching for my entire life. That my family has spent centuries trying to unearth its formulation. The kind that truly defines the human experience, and brings us ever so closer to the heavenly principles. And I have seen it with my own eyes. Countless couples come to my counsel seeking guidance that society's rigid and blanketed understanding failed to provide. And yet, I have never seen something that ever caught my attention.…