“You chose him. Chose Endings over Beginnings,” Tessa said. “Why?” The female’s eyes softened a touch as she looked at Tessa, never breaking her stare. The snake moved, its tongue flicking in and out as it tasted the air. But no one spoke. There was no other sound, and the silence stretched on for so long, Tessa was wondering if she was going to reply. But she would have her answers one way or another, and the goddess seemed to understand that when she said, “To start a genesis.”
