Chapter 16 The Embers That Wander

The Hollow Guest did not vanish.

Not entirely.

It wandered.

Through archives, Through mouths, Through rumor and ink. And sometimes, when the wind was just right through the willows of Thornwick, it felt like it whispered still.

Rhea stood on the library steps of the new Archive Annex, watching students file past the long tables beneath the high wi