The Faded Root
The fire did not begin with a spark, but with a sound, a wet, tearing exhalation that seemed to rise from the floorboards themselves, as if the house were a living thing deciding to exhale its final, hot breath. You stood in the center of the library, your back pressed against the oak shelving, watching the orange tongue of flame lick up the spine of your sister’s favorite copy of *The Brothers...
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