The room was enveloped in a silence so heavy it seemed to press against every eardrum, amplifying the softest sounds:
the shuffle of a shoe on polished wood, the barely audible catch of a breath, the distant hum of the chandelier overhead.
It was the kind of silence that doesn’t merely fill a space but…
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The room was enveloped in a silence so heavy it seemed to press against every eardrum, amplifying the softest sounds:
the shuffle of a shoe on polished wood, the barely audible catch of a breath, the distant hum of the chandelier overhead.
It was the kind of silence that doesn’t merely fill a space but…