and then I blinked

The symbölis of the House of Fȳre seared black into her skin. Silky strands cascading down her shoulders in a fiery waterfall of red and brown. Tall and slender; her eyes like two chips of blue ice, frozen for an infinitesimal moment in the midst of a fleeting storm. And the gaze she laid upon me, penetrating me to my bones, laying my innermost secrets bare for her to see. And then I blinked, and she was just another random teenage girl. Albeit a very annoyed one.


[This is actually a character description from a novel I'm writing. Or at least attempting to.]