There was once a great House — ancient, shimmering, infinite — with so many rooms it could not be counted. Some rooms glowed like sunrise. Some were dim like forgotten attics. Some were filled with laughter, soft and warm. Others echoed with grief that had never been spoken. This House was no ordinary House. It was the Body of Creation itself. And inside it lived every soul who had ever been, would ever be, or was becoming — though none of them remembered that the House bel

Evelyn had always lived more on the inside than the outside. From the time she was little, she could feel entire weather systems moving through people — unspoken emotions, unshed tears, the words they didn’t dare say out loud. When adults around her said, “I’m fine,” she could feel the truth vibrating underneath: fear, grief, resentment, longing. It wasn’t something she ever talked about. Even as a child, she understood that people didn’t like others seeing too much. So she l