The Hacienda

by Isabel Cañas

It is said that mortal life is empty without the love of God. That the ache of loneliness’s wounds is assuaged by obedience to Him, for in serving God we encounter perfect love and are made whole. But if God is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, if He is three in one in the Trinity, then God knows nothing of loneliness.

Our relationship was founded on one thing and one thing only: my world was a dark, windowless room, and he was a door.

Look at me, she said. Ah, but I had, and therein lay the sin.

When a man makes a promise, he makes it on his honor. When a witch makes a promise, they feel it in their bones.