Heather Thomas
speaker
1,616 appearances
7 recordings
2 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 31 Aug
Heather Thomas’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The ground refuses to quench its thirst, and the bitter tang of iron perfumes the freezing air.
It should have been the baby's cries that gave me the strength to pull myself to my feet, but I've been turning away from those cries for so long it's not enough.
It's the witch crooning a lullaby with an age-cracked voice to my child that solidifies my bones and envy that gives me the energy to stand up.
I tuck my bloody hand against my stomach, the wound where my finger used to be throbbing and still weeping blood.
In my other hand, I hold my severed finger and her knife.
I offer both to the witch.
I tell her.
My voice is shaking.
So is my hand.
The witch grabs my offering and pushes the baby into my uncertain arms with no ceremony.
I nearly drop him as I move to hold him securely.
The baby is so very thin, almost weightless.
His eyes are scrunched closed and his bird-thin arms are curled into his chest.
He doesn't smell soft and sweet, like I remember.
He carries only the witch's grave scent.
He cries so loud.
I undo the buttons holding the loose bodice of my dress up and hold him to my naked breast.
It's not as full as it was in the days after he was born, but it'll be enough.
It'll have to be enough.
I'm his mother.
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