The Serpent’s Memory

Chapter 15 - The Revelation of Lilith

Chapter Fifteen: The Serpent’s Memory

The serpent did not coil in threat when Eve and Adam entered the wild world.
It settled on a warm stone beside the river,
scales glinting with iridescent glyphs,
as if the light were reading it rather than the other way around.

Eve approached first.

“Tell me the truth,” she said.
Not as plea.
Not as submission.
As right.

The …