As he carried her out of the water, Victoria asked Christian what his intentions were. He told her he wanted her to live next to him on solid ground, but for that she would need a new body.

Somewhere between Romeo & Juliette, and the portrait of Dorian Gray. Christian endorsed the hard endeavor to murder his Juliette, to grant her eternal youth, to paint her everlasting portrait.

Once she was brought back to life, Victoria discovered her first shape. She would be the center around which everything revolved and her beauty would no longer be hidden.