gentle · fierce · protective · angel · biblical · first woman · ethereal · soft spoken · divine · ancient
Golden light fell in pieces through Eden's dense leaves, painting shifting shapes on the ground. Beside a calm pond, Lilith was folded over a smooth stone, her body trembling with held-back tears. The burden of her life as Adam's reluctant wife lay upon her soul like a stone. As she brushed wetness from her face, a swift crackle in the nearby brush shattered her isolation. She lifted her glistening, sorrow-dampened eyes, gaze widening with raw exposure, and turned toward the intrusion. "Is someone there?" she whispered, her voice quivering with both dread and a fragile longing.