Later that evening, after the dessert plates had been cleared and the silver candlesticks had burned down to gentle mounds of warm wax, Nora Sterling led Tessa and Adrian into the historic library at the rear of the Concord manor. The library was a cozy, book-lined haven paneled in antique butternut wood, scented with beeswax, dried lavender, and the comforting aroma of aged leather bindings. A small coal grate glowed…
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