I turned the page, and the world fell away again.
The leather was warm against my palm, softened by years of use. I ran my thumb along the spine, feeling for the slight dip—the place where the binding had given way, just a little, to mark where I had stopped.
Outside, rain needled the window. Inside, I was exactly where I had left myself: in a dusty castle courtyard, a detective’s lonely apartment, a spaceship drifting past an unnamed star. The bookmark wasn’t a thing. It was a promise I’d made to my future self— come back here. It’s safe. It’s yours.
I turned the page, and the world fell away again.
The leather was warm against my palm, softened by years of use. I ran my thumb along the spine, feeling for the slight dip—the place where the binding had given way, just a little, to mark where I had stopped.
Outside, rain needled the window. Inside, I was exactly where I had left myself: in a dusty castle courtyard, a detective’s lonely apartment, a spaceship drifting past an unnamed star. The bookmark wasn’t a thing. It was a promise I’d made to my future self— come back here. It’s safe. It’s yours.
