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The Weight of Old Pages

by quietink · 24,891 words

Chapter 1: The Library

The library was empty at this hour, which was exactly why she came. Dust motes drifted through the amber light that fell between the shelves, and somewhere deep in the stacks a clock ticked steadily.

She ran her fingers along the spines until she found it the leather cover worn smooth by decades of hands before hers. She pulled it free and the shelf breathed out a sigh of old paper.

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