They returned home not knowing what to feel about that encounter.
Of course, both of them had an idea on what the soothsayer was trying to say. But they didn't want to acknowledge it out loud, and make the other know what's on their mind.
"Well…. I'm going to sleep." Professor Seward said, her face even paler than usual.
Her brows furrowed like she was on the verge of crying. Harker had always suspected that she was hiding some kind of painful past, but this basically confirms it. The fact that the soothsayer mentioned her losing her star…..
Must have meant that she lost the one she loves, and now she tries to forget all the heartbreak with sex and drugs.
It was typical, yes, but much more complicated given her circumstance.
How many years has it been since she lost this person? And could it be that she couldn't attach herself to anyone else when she knows she will outlive them and never grow old?
