Owen seemed content to play for her, so Julianna stood and moved away from the bench. The feel of him was becoming distracting and she could do him the courtesy of listening as he answered her question. Though it seemed even less like she was paying attention now, as she wandered the parlor. She observed the various knick-knacks on the mantle, and paintings on the wall as if she had not been seeing them everyday for hundreds of years.
There was no noise as she moved. No sound of steps, despite her shoes. No crinkle of crinoline or swish of skirts despite her dress. Perhaps, the only testament to her being otherworldly, because she seemed entirely real and present save for the eerie silence.
Those clashing notes caused Julianna to turn and mosey her way back to him. She leaned against the piano, and took the advantage of gazing down at him. She watched the frustration play out of his features as he struggled to explain.
“Hmm.” The sound buzzed in her throat. Her brow furrowed to accompany the thoughtful noise. “She doesn’t sound much different from many of the O’Rourke women I knew. Does your mother have red hair? They were quite known for it when I was alive.” Julianna leaned her chin on her palm, eyes skirting away from him and focusing on the far wall where her painting was situated. “I always thought they were beautiful and fascinating. They weren’t like any of the other women with the way the dressed and the way the spoke.” Julianna laughed, a pleasant chime of a sound. “I wasn’t allowed anywhere near them. My mother forbid it. ‘Pretty girls like you get sold to the devil,’ she would say.” A sigh, before she smiled down at Owen. “Ridiculous, isn’t it?”
There was no noise as she moved. No sound of steps, despite her shoes. No crinkle of crinoline or swish of skirts despite her dress. Perhaps, the only testament to her being otherworldly, because she seemed entirely real and present save for the eerie silence.
Those clashing notes caused Julianna to turn and mosey her way back to him. She leaned against the piano, and took the advantage of gazing down at him. She watched the frustration play out of his features as he struggled to explain.
“Hmm.” The sound buzzed in her throat. Her brow furrowed to accompany the thoughtful noise. “She doesn’t sound much different from many of the O’Rourke women I knew. Does your mother have red hair? They were quite known for it when I was alive.” Julianna leaned her chin on her palm, eyes skirting away from him and focusing on the far wall where her painting was situated. “I always thought they were beautiful and fascinating. They weren’t like any of the other women with the way the dressed and the way the spoke.” Julianna laughed, a pleasant chime of a sound. “I wasn’t allowed anywhere near them. My mother forbid it. ‘Pretty girls like you get sold to the devil,’ she would say.” A sigh, before she smiled down at Owen. “Ridiculous, isn’t it?”
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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