Gemotions

The email arrived like a thunderclap. Her Aunt Mildred, always so practical, had decided to auction off the family's collection of rare first editions. Amelia stared at the screen, her heart pounding against her ribs. She was a librarian; she had a visceral love for books. The thought of those meticulously bound volumes, each a portal to another world, leaving the family was devastating. She immediately envisioned the way their old books smelled and the way that smell made her feel. She wanted to scream.