Ouroboros Spine coalbreath

guilt then, lancing through chickadee and her heart, her eyes. he'd searched for her while she could only fill her stomach with food and sleep in those first few days, and then she'd set about making herself useful.
the privilege of a girl who had always had her family close.
tears filled her eyes. "i'm s-sorry, antigone. i —"
but what was there to say?
"she gave me a home. i had to repay her." her cheeks felt stupidly wet.