Romans & histoires Bookworms

"Don't say I didn't offer. What are we going with?" "I say truth," Law states. Jeremiah and Jackson nod and Ezekiel reaches into the bowl. He unfolds the paper, smiles when he reads what's on it. "What in your web browser would be embarrassing if someone saw it?" he reads. "Okay, guess I'll go first. Um, I have a folder in my bookmarks bar titledHands." We all burst out laughing. "What the hell does that even mean?" Laury asks. "Hey, hey. I just had to tell the truth. Not explain."

To Amara, it smelled like breathing. The bones of the room were as familiar to her as her own hands. Floor-to-ceiling oak bookshelves, their grain darkened by time and touch, lined the walls. There were no labels, no categories—just chaos with purpose. Dante nestled beside botanical sketches, Pride and Prejudice leaned against a treatise on medieval shipbuilding. “Books find their own families,” Mama used to say, tracing the spine of a water-stained Moby Dick. In the center sat the desk—a scarred oak monolith, its surface a palimpsest of ink stains, candle wax, and the faint outline of Amara’s childhood hand traced in pencil.

Ichabod could perceive the scent of dried herbs mixed with chemicals. “Is there no one here?” Ichabod asked quietly, peering into the darkness to see Adam;s wrinkled face but somehow, the whole place was brightened up for him to see they were in what looked like a very old pharmacy with shelves and chemicals, yet there was no one in sight. So who had put on the light? Adams walked to the sales counter which had a small bell on it, Adams tipped against it but no sound could be heard. He did it again but yet no sound. With a grown, he shouted. “Johnny get your wrinkly self over here, your stupid bell is not working again!”

Something waiting. --- Determined not to be paralyzed by fear, I returned to the antique bookstore — to the stories, the secrets, the fragments of forgotten women. The elderly owner greeted me with a knowing smile. “You’re searching for answers,” he said quietly. I nodded. He handed me a leather-bound tome, its cover worn but strong — *Reflections of the Forgotten*. “Read carefully,” he advised. “Sometimes the past speaks through shadows.” --- I spent the night poring over its pages. The book told of women trapped in illusions, caught between worlds — ghosts of themselves, struggling to reclaim their true identities.

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he said, pulling his phone out to send a warning text to his roommate. Brooklyn and Cort walked to the nearby cafe for lunch and sat down at one of the outside tables after they’d gotten their food. “Do you come here often?” Cort asked, setting his tray down on the table. “Often enough,” Brooklyn said, sitting down. “Why do you ask?” “They just seem to know you here,” he said, sitting across from her. Smiling at him as she unwrapped her silverware, she said, “Okay, I like to come here when I come to the library. I research my articles here, and I like to read.”

They entered, drawn in by the aroma of well-loved books and the faint rustling of pages turning. A pleasant bookseller approached them as they surveyed the shelves, their eyes wide with wonder. "Are you looking for anything in particular?" she said, her voice kind and welcoming. Lucian grinned. "We're open to surprises; what do you recommend?" The bookseller's eyes twinkled with enthusiasm. "Ah, then, let me introduce you to our Book Club, which meets here every week to engage in fascinating literary discussions, and you're welcome to join them." Lucian and Ravena gladly accepted the offer, intrigued by the thought of participating in conversations with fellow book enthusiasts. The next week