He walked past the line of people tapping on laptops and made a beeline for the glass counter at the back. There, nestled between giant oatmeal raisins cookies and pale lemon scones, sat a large glass apothecary jar filled with dark, glossy spheres.
"A half-pound of the dark chocolate espresso beans, please," Silas told the barista, a young woman with neon green hair and a nametag that read Echo . buy chocolate covered espresso beans
It was a perfect contrast. The crunch was loud in the quiet archive room, a physical jolt to his system. He walked past the line of people tapping