Gravity of Secrets

SPECIAL CHAPTER: Rowena Ashford

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Special chapters serve to shed light on the perspectives of minor characters, providing insight into their roles in the unfolding narrative.

The smell of ash never left our village anymore. It clung to everything like a curse, seeping into our clothes, our hair, our dreams. When the wind blew from the town square, it carried the scent of charred wood