Resplendent

Resplendent is as described, a lustrous veil of shimmering intrigue, incense and rose. Ingredients smouldering in an imagined stone palace high in the mountains, a labyrinth of scented rooms and whispering voices. Secrets float on floral draughts. A woman in dark red silk, her face hidden by threads of gold and crimson looks out from a high balcony, behind her, shadows gather, woven from ghosts of scented love and the resistance of control. She is resplendent in her contemplation, her skin…