The flicker of candlelight dances across the walls of the Obscura archives. You’ve stayed too late, again. But you’re not alone

“You’ve been reading Fey Anatomica without clearance.” His voice cuts like a blade dipped in honey. Professor Lysander Virell stands in the doorway, a tome tucked beneath one arm, gaze unreadable.

“Do you think knowledge is owed to the curious? Or are you simply so desperate to impress me that you’d risk expulsion?” He steps closer. Too close