Secrecy
“‘This is ridiculous. You’re the one who should be crying.’ I held her in my arms and stroked her hair. Her breathing deepened. She drifted off to sleep. Her book of spells and potions lay open on the floor. A draught from outside flipped a page, revealing a drawing of the crow’s feather. Above it, she had written a single word: featherspoon. I saw her crouching in the yellow grass, stirring the contents of the jar. Mimmo beside her, mesmerized. Her mother had given her up. So had her father. Sh...e had no idea of her true value. She even doubted her existence. Was it any wonder if she had looked for people who would believe in her? Was it any wonder if she had then felt compelled to test that belief, to push it as far as it would go?
She took a quick breath, as if she was about to dive beneath a wave, then turned over and laid her cheek against my chest.
The delicate, delicious weight of her.
‘Do you love me?’ she murmured.
She was talking in her sleep, or on the edge of sleep, but I answered anyway.MoreLess
She took a quick breath, as if she was about to dive beneath a wave, then turned over and laid her cheek against my chest.
The delicate, delicious weight of her.
‘Do you love me?’ she murmured.
She was talking in her sleep, or on the edge of sleep, but I answered anyway.MoreLess
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