Chapter 24 The Moment the Silence Changes

She wakes before the house.

The sheets still carry his scent. The robe he left on the chair is where she dropped it, half-forgotten, after her body stopped trembling. Everything around her is still.

Too still.

Not peaceful.

Poised.

Like the quiet between words on a page that hasn't finished writing her down yet.

She sits up slo

            
            

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