Where the Avenue Ends in Fire

Previously

…She carefully placed the journal back in its wooden box, her hands still trembling. She knew, with a certainty that settled deep in her bones, that her quiet sanctuary in Oakhaven had just been shattered. The whispers in the stacks were no longer just the rustle of pages; they were the echoes of a crime, a disappearance, and a truth waiting to be unearthed. And Anya, the newcomer seeking refuge, found herself irrevocably drawn into the heart of Oakhaven’s darkest secret. The inferno she thought she’d left behind seemed to be reigniting, not in her past, but in the very foundations of this seemingly tranquil town.