Beyond death
READING AGE 16+
What happens when a loved one passes away in a small remote village in central Italy? In the village of Bracciano every Summer Solstice they come back for three/four days.
Alba and her father have been every summer since she can remember, her mother passed away when she was only two and they quickly moved from the region as it had become painful for her father to be reminded of her mother in everything he would see. But every summer they would return and over the summer solstice festivities, they would get to see her again.
But this time Alba meets someone new, someone who is also their to meet a family member of their own, and soon her path is intertwined with theirs from now on even after the reconnection period is over.
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Alba POV
Enzo's warm touch on my shoulder brought me back to consciousness, the soft murmur of the room signaling the end of my afternoon nap. Blinking away the remnants of sleep, I turned to see him with a tender smile, a silent invitation to wakefulness. As my senses fully returned, I noted the play of soft light fil……
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