((full)) - Jade Venus

I turned.

The fortune-teller’s eyes gleamed. “For the soul of that drowned soldier to walk through the casino doors. For the princess to find him again. One lifetime wasn’t enough for them. The jade remembers.” jade venus

I stood there, holding the card and the hairpin, in the middle of that gilded, decaying palace of chance. The roulette wheel spun. The cards shuffled. The rain began again, soft and warm as a forgotten promise. I turned