Disentanglement — Chapter 2: Vulture

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The thick carpet of snow was now receding from the ground as winter began to let go. Salix was exhausted but felt tinged with hope. While she hadn’t caught an actual glimpse of Iris yet, throughout the past few weeks there had been stirrings in the dwelling — window shutters closed where they had been open so many evenings before, a heavy rumble as if logs were being dragged across the floor. She understood little about the…