The Shedding

As the depths submerged them, for a moment she wanted to let go of his beastly form as the panic of the inevitable ran through her. She didn't mean for any of this to happen and certainly had not planned to meet him again.  Yet, as her awareness went to the contact of her body perfectly melted into the few hidden places on his that would not shred skin to pieces, she knew she would never let go.  Her soul was tied to his through all of eternity.  Her exhale was his inhale and his great exhale gave her the fire that burned deep in her soul.  She was at peace once and for all as she welcomed her previous life shedding.  She gripped tighter as the pressure of the depths built around them and a great scale separated, floating towards the fading light of the surface.  Something had also shed from him.