“The Forgotten Tome” It was a rainy afternoon when Anna found it. The library was nearly empty, the scent of old paper and dust heavy in the air. She had wandered deep into the back aisles, where the lights flickered and the shelves loomed tall and shadowed. The book sat on a lower shelf, its leather cover cracked and blackened with age. No title, no author, just a strange symbol pressed into the spine—a