Zethar;
The words sit between us long after I say them. Final in a way that doesn't need emphasis.
Our family is indeed in grave danger.
Lioran doesn't move, and neither do I.
The library feels different now, even though nothing about it has changed. We're still surrounded by the same shelves. The same silence holds steady, and the dust still lingers in the air like it has since I've been in here.
Everything is still the same, but the library no longer feels like a place meant for knowledge. Now, it feels like a place that has been hiding something.
And we've just uncovered it.
I rest my forearms on my knees, the book still sitting between us on the floor, and stare at it without really seeing it.
My mind is no longer on the words themselves. It's on everything those words have just undone.
"They're not just dangerous," Lioran says after a moment— his voice quieter than I've ever heard it. "They're… unstoppable." He mutters, and I shake my head once.
