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2025-04-13 19:00:40POV: Mira
The library was alive with a silence that seemed to breathe, each whisper of wind against the cracked windows carrying an unspoken urgency. This room, once a sanctuary of knowledge, now felt like a vault of unanswered questions. Scrolls and ancient texts were strewn across the table before me, each one more cryptic than the last. At their center lay the phoenix symbol, its fiery outline glowing faintly in the flickering lantern light.
“Why now?” I murmured aloud, running my fingers over the worn edges of the parchment. The prophecy had been haunting us for weeks, its meaning shifting like shadows on a wall. But something about tonight felt different. Heavier. As though the answer I sought was just beyond my reach.
The lantern flickered, and I froze. A strange sensation crept over me, like the world was tilting beneath my feet. The room began to blur, the shadows lengthening and shifting. Then, without warning, the library vani
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