LUSTRONOMICA: WILD CRAVINGS
The way I feel small every single day.
She listens. Really listens.
When I’m done, tears streaking my cheeks, she pulls me into a hug that smells like lavender and old books.
“You are not small,” she whispers. “You are full of fire you haven’t learned to use yet.”
She lets me go, walks to a shelf I’ve never noticed before, hidden behind a curtain of ivy and pulls out a small, black leather book. No title. No author. Just worn leather and a brass clasp.