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Alina didn’t sleep that night. She sat in the center of the room, a kerosene lamp burning, and stared at the shadows. She reviewed every detail of the lighthouse’s history. Built in 1865. A single keeper until 1923. Then automated. Then decommissioned. No record of death, violence, or tragedy.

Choose. —Margot

Alina’s breath caught. The night before, she had indeed moved a copy of Darwin from the north shelf to the east, to better fit her organizational flow. No one had been there to see it. alina lopez