The Book of Love Spells – The Unspoken Call

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No one had told her the book was still there. Elira's grandmother had last used it, whispering, alone in a circle of candles and dried cherry blossoms. Afterward, the room had been sealed, as if love itself had awakened too much. Elira knew nothing of this. She returned only now, with the wind in her coat and the dust in her hair, searching for a trace of something she had never quite lost—even though it had never truly been hers. The room smelled of lavender and old wood. The windows were fogged up, and on the desk lay it: a book bound in pink leather, soft as forgotten skin. No title. No name. Just a symbol—a heart set in a delicate engraving of thorns, with a tiny golden dot in the center that flickered in the candlelight. Elira reached out her hand. The leather was warm. Like a cheek you touch when you're not sure if you're allowed to. When she opened it, it fell silent. The pages weren't written on, but suffused with a soft light that formed as she read. Words appeared like dew on glass: for those who have loved without answer. for those who feel even though nothing more is said. for those who could never forget a name. Elira turned the pages. Each spell was a promise—fleeting, dangerous, precious. One made two hearts beat in the same rhythm for an hour. One made a lover's voice audible on the wind when one was alone. One made dreams overflow, from one sleeper to another. Some seemed romantic. Others seemed as if they should never have been written down again. And then she found it: "The Call Beyond the Unfaded." Not a spell of return. Not a curse. Just a call—quiet, honest, vulnerable. Whoever spoke it could be heard by a person, if their heart still responded. The instructions were simple. Three ingredients: a hair once touched with tenderness. A drop of that tear that was never shed. And an unfinished sentence. Elira hesitated. But the book had long since known what she had brought. It opened the page, the light growing warmer. And as she placed the objects one by one on the parchment, the room hummed softly—like a memory of music that was never played. She stood in the circle of candles. Her voice was quiet, brittle: "If you ever recognized me, it's now." The wind held its breath. And then, almost imperceptibly, it came back. No light, no thunder. Just a voice, barely audible, but familiar. "Elira?" She looked around. There was no one there. Only the scent of roses, fresh and pale. And the book, closing itself as if it had done its work. She knew: He was far away. He would wonder, without knowing why. Perhaps hear a song he didn't recognize and think it made him wistful. Perhaps dream. Perhaps simply fall silent because something inside him had stirred. The book didn't ask for thanks. It only took the things you'd never dared to say—and carried them where they belonged. Elira didn't leave immediately. She stayed until the last candle went out. And the golden dot on the cover—it still glowed as she left.