The grove was not old by the reckoning of those who liked to measure things. Its trees had rings enough to call them mature, but its canopy grew in a great, impatient sweep. Roots tangled at the surface like menacing braids; trunks bent toward each other and made rooms where noon never broke through. The first thing Mara noticed was how the light changed — not in color but in ordinance. Inside, shadow lay in neat rows like a field left to sleep. The second thing was the smell: leaves as if bruised by memory and a sweetness underneath that tasted like something being promised and withheld.
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