Serpentine Desires
Her eyes were warm yet piercing, held mine for a moment too long, and I felt exposed in a way I hadn’t prepared for.
“You’re carrying a heavy heart, dear,” she muttered quietly and somehow I saw a broken woman who could feel what I felt. “Sometimes, the burden isn’t yours to bear.”
I blinked as my throat tightened. She must have sensed my hesitation, the way my shoulders stiffened.
“Life,” she placed the cup aside and looked at the distance as if she was recalling something, “has a way of confusing us. We want to make sense of it, of people, of relationships. But some things aren’t meant to be defined, Seraphina. Some bonds exist not to give us answers, but to teach us.”