THE LETTER ARRIVED IN THE NIGHT

THE LETTER ARRIVED IN THE NIGHT.

It wasn’t delivered by postman or courier, but by something older, quieter—the kind of silence that slides under doors like mist. When Elian found it in the morning, he nearly stepped on it. Just a thin parchment envelope, no stamp, no return address, his name scrawled across the front in deep black ink. He slit … Read more