Venom and Velvet

CHAPTER V · London

BLOODLINE
Reclamation · Snake

Scent: Earth, fig, cedar, warm skin — the first air fully her own.

Craft: Chocolate brown high-sheen satin kaftan, obi belt, dropped sleeves, 3D articulated gold snake, Chantilly lace.

Meaning: The snake sheds its skin and does not mourn it. She chooses herself over the life he asked her to vanish into.