The Veil Unraveled

The library, with its towering shelves and endless labyrinth of knowledge, had always been a place of comfort. A sanctuary from the chaos outside. But as I stood in its silent halls the morning after the auction, something was profoundly different. The air itself felt heavier, as though it were laden with unseen eyes. The familiar creak of the wooden floors underfoot now seemed like a distant echo, as if I were walking through the belly of something far more ancient and ominous than I had ever realized.