Tea House Junkie

The Tea House was a place of mystery and wonder. You only arrived on its doorstep if you needed to, and once you left, you could never truly return again. The patrons were fleeting, but the workers were always carefully selected. The job paid handsomely, but it came at a terrible personal cost, and no one but the holder of the master key was meant to stay there for very long. These owners only passed them on when they passed away.

The Tea House located on Copley Corner had been in a state of limbo since its last owner died. Employees have come and gone, and unknown to all, the next owner slipped away along with them. Graciella left the Tea House when it seemed like the chaos would never end, and though she thought she'd moved on with her life, she is now the only one who can hold onto the keys without getting burning her hands, a sign commonly known as rejection from the Tea House itself.

Now that she is known as the last of the trusted employees, her underlying gifts must be used to track down one of her former co-workers and make them the new permanent owner. There are just two issues with this plan. One is figuring out which one of them is supposed to fill the role. Two, does anyone still want those keys anymore?