Ankyra Sound pearls and swine bereft of me

there were many things yet needing to be done — and even still, caiaphas set them aside, and sought out her true-blooded son. if she was to commit to such mundane chores, she supposed she might as well have company, and the two of them had much catching up — and healing — to do. 

following a pattern of scents left by her dark headed child, caiaphas traced between the bracing back of high sequoias, eyes ever sharp for the solemn doppelgänger that now strode in the revered halls of their home.