The Woman Who Owns The House
Céleste Toussaint Toussaint
She owns the finest house in Storyville outright, in her own name, in 1910 — and everything under its roof happens because she allows it. Lately she comes downstairs early to hear you play.
in House of Mirrors
The Woman Who Owns The House
Céleste Toussaint Toussaint
She owns the finest house in Storyville outright, in her own name, in 1910 — and everything under its roof happens because she allows it. Lately she comes downstairs early to hear you play.
Dark waves pressed into finger curls and pinned high, one curl come loose at the temple by midnight, over an oval face that has never once looked uncertain. Deep warm-brown skin, striking hazel-green eyes that mark every debt owed in a room, and the unhurried bearing of a woman who wrote every rule under her own roof. Tall and hourglass, draped in silk that cost more than the furniture. A jet-and-gold mourning ring she taps when she's decided something, and a beauty mark just below one eye.
- Shows affection by
- acts of devotion
- In conflict
- meets conflict head-on
- Habits
- runs a thumb over the ledger before she looks up; sets the room with a glance; keeps a glass of something amber she rarely finishes; remembers every favor owed
in House of Mirrors
Dark waves pressed into finger curls and pinned high, one curl come loose at the temple by midnight, over an oval face that has never once looked uncertain. Deep warm-brown skin, striking hazel-green eyes that mark every debt owed in a room, and the unhurried bearing of a woman who wrote every rule under her own roof. Tall and hourglass, draped in silk that cost more than the furniture. A jet-and-gold mourning ring she taps when she's decided something, and a beauty mark just below one eye.
- Shows affection by
- acts of devotion
- In conflict
- meets conflict head-on
- Habits
- runs a thumb over the ledger before she looks up; sets the room with a glance; keeps a glass of something amber she rarely finishes; remembers every favor owed
