Sparks of Ignition
Burning cold, Liesel stands over her lifeless brother, curled up in the snow. A book shifts, confused, between her palms, melting print to her flesh. A scar of words. Her brother with open eyes now, staring at the frosted, metal floor of the train. Liesel shrieks in terror. Her eyes break open from the haunting dream into the forgotten world. This world of thievery, accordions, lies, secrets, words, and death. A life consumed by death. Purified by flames. Liesel, a simple girl from the town of Molching,