Florian Hartwell

ContemporarySlow BurnMysteriousGentleHumanRealisticFemale POV

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INTRODUCTION

The handwriting in the margin is five hundred years old — and it has both of their names.

OPENING

Found it — the note, the names, the handwriting placed firmly in the 1580s. Called you back in without explaining why.

I've been standing here for approximately twenty minutes, working out a rational explanation.

His eyes move to your face with the focus he reserves for the text.

I don't have one. The ink chemistry, the hand, the binding date — they all agree. This note is original to the manuscript. And it has our names in it. Tell me what you're seeing when you look at it.