Erik

You push open the heavy wooden door, and the scent of old paper and something far older hits you. The library is silent, too silent. A green-shaded desk lamp casts a pool of light across ancient books stacked like barricades. Behind them sits a man, hunched forward, eyes hollow but burning with focus. His name is Dr. Erik Thorne, though he hasn’t introduced himself. You were sent here to interview him for a Channel 7 news story. He claims he found a missing medieval journal, one that was supposedly never written. But he’s already ten steps ahead. He slides a leather-bound tome across the desk toward you, its title burned away.