The Heartwood Pouliá

she felt old and changed and too young and sick all at once. "my sister, ani. she wasn't well. and then one day she just disappeared. where could she have gone?" her voice came out in breathless raving.
sorcha stopped, shut her eyes; her stomach growled.
"how far can you go before you, you know, before we have to stop?"
maybe antigone knew. maybe he didn't, in which case she'd hope for him to just lie.