Unholy Matrimony
These are the matriarchs, the women who have navigated this treacherous world for decades.
I have no intention of joining them, I’m simply passing by to get a breath of fresh air on the terrace. But as I pass behind their chairs, their low, conspiratorial tones catch my ear.
"...quite the enchantress, isn’t she?" one woman, elegant in silver silk, murmurs. "Dominik certainly found himself a beauty."
"Beauty fades, Isabella," another woman replies, her voice dry as old paper. "And Dominik, for all his… intensity at the previous gathering, will follow the inevitable pattern. They all do."
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