Other Lives(19)

Leocadia laughed and clapped her hands. Lightning streaked the sky, following her pattern. Her legs were caked in salt up to their knees and the shawl had blown away, stolen by the wind.

By then Abelardo had woken up and was watching her from the temple. He went down the steps and met her in the salt plain where the clouds reflected on the water, and it was impossible to tell where the sky began or ended.