All Things Wicked
All Things Wicked
“Juliet wanted to walk, but every limb felt as heavy as cement blocks. Just sitting up had taken everything she had.
Now he set her gently on the ground beside the small, packed mound. One of the obsidian flagstones had been placed at the head, and Juliet stared at the symbol until it blurred beneath a wash of tears.
“Jessie says it means home,” Silas rumbled. He loomed over her, over the grave, his arms crossed over a chest miraculously healed from Naomi’s efforts.
Juliet nodded. “H...ow?” she asked, and had to clear her throat to add, “How did she die?” She didn’t know exactly what happened, or when or why, but she’d been out long enough to make her throat scratchy and rough.
It was Silas who had been sitting beside the bed, staring absently off into space. So he stood beside her now, his expression grim. And sad, she realized.
She hadn’t known Matilda at all.MoreLess
Now he set her gently on the ground beside the small, packed mound. One of the obsidian flagstones had been placed at the head, and Juliet stared at the symbol until it blurred beneath a wash of tears.
“Jessie says it means home,” Silas rumbled. He loomed over her, over the grave, his arms crossed over a chest miraculously healed from Naomi’s efforts.
Juliet nodded. “H...ow?” she asked, and had to clear her throat to add, “How did she die?” She didn’t know exactly what happened, or when or why, but she’d been out long enough to make her throat scratchy and rough.
It was Silas who had been sitting beside the bed, staring absently off into space. So he stood beside her now, his expression grim. And sad, she realized.
She hadn’t known Matilda at all.MoreLess
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