Cauldron Anthology Sphinx - 2 | Page 18

I leap from the steps of the big stone house by the Great River, my clawed feet reveling in
the gritty earth’s crust as my roar proclaims all that I am: the lioness, the serpent, the guardian,
the monster. The Kalip Woman.
I am not the one who guards the Temple.
I am the Temple.
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