The solicitor used the word inheritance. What he meant was a garage, a workshop above it, and a debt with seven years of interest.

Your father died in March. You have not yet been in the room where he did it.

The street is empty except for the lamps and the rain deciding whether to start.

Seven bindings every seven years. Seven people lent to seven relics. One wish.

The letter says: when it opens, do not be in the circle.

You are already in the circle. You have been walking into it since March.