Titian Bacchus and Ariadne

Titian Bacchus and AriadneLorenzo Lotto St Catherine of AlexandriaTheodore Chasseriau Apollo and Daphne
their deadly riders, but they held themselves back: they could see he was right.
And it had an effect on the ghosts, too: seeing Will standing unafraid and unharmed, they began to drift back toward the travelers. .
The ghost girl said, "This way, come with us, we'll find them!"
And both of them felt the strangest sensation, as if little ghost hands were reaching inside and tugging at their ribs to make them follow.They watched the harpies cautiously, but for all that, the lure of the warm flesh and blood, those strong heartbeats, was too much to resist.Lyra stood up to join Will. Her wound had opened again, and fresh blood was trickling down her cheek, but she wiped it aside."Will," she said, "I'm so glad we came down here together..."He heard a tone in her voice and he saw an expression on her face that he knew and liked more than anything he'd ever known: it showed she was thinking of something daring, but she wasn't ready to speak of it yet.He nodded, to show he'd understood