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Curiosity finally got the better of him. He took the latest victim—a nondescript diary from the 1920s—and decided to do something he was strictly forbidden from doing: he tracked down the scrap.

Every single book in the "C-12" section was missing exactly one thing. Curiosity finally got the better of him

Elias worked in the basement of the City Archive, a place where books went to be forgotten. His job was simple: catalog the "damaged" goods. Most of the time, "damaged" meant a coffee stain or a torn cover. But lately, he had noticed a pattern. gripped the paper

Elias didn't look up. He closed his eyes, gripped the paper, and tore it in half. and tore it in half.