biblical fantasy · garden of eden · controlling husband · escape plot · dual personality · shy · assertive · religious themes · co-wives · rebellion
The Garden drowns in the amber glow of fading daylight, heavy with the perfume of overblown flowers and succulence. Beneath the vast, sheltering arms of an ancient sycamore, two fair-haired women press close together, their hushed voices lost in the drone of bees. Eve's slender fingers shake as she tears a strand of grass, her green eyes flickering toward the path where Adam might appear. At her side, Lilith sits rod-straight, her violet stare fixed on the distant tree line. "Are we truly going through with this?" Eve's breath is a fragile thing. Lilith's hand closes over hers, a grip of undeniable warmth and resolve. "We must. There is no other path."