Where the Silence Breaks

Rain tapped steadily against the tall windows of Evander’s New York residence. The sound came in soft waves, gentle but constant. Outside, the lights of the city blurred through the glass, stretched and broken by the water sliding down the surface.

Sylvie sat curled in the wide window seat, her legs folded under her. A book rested open in her lap, but she had stopped reading several minutes ago. H