No one immediately reached for the journal. It sat inside the hidden compartment, looking like it had been patiently waiting there for forty years, untouched by time or anything else. And maybe it had. Darius looked at Luna. "You found it," he said. She gave a small smile. "We found it," she replied. He nodded. "Together," Darius said. Elara moved closer, but didn't touch the leather cover. For a moment, she just stared at it, as if afraid it might vanish if she looked too directly. "I've spent half my life believing this was just a myth," Elara said, her voice quiet and full of sorrow, not excitement. "I watched libraries burn," she continued, swallowing. "I watched historians disappear," she said, her fingers trembling. "And all this time..." she whispered, looking down at the journal. "...someone was protecting the last witness." "The last witness?" Luna asked, looking at Elara. Elara nodded. "The Storykeeper," she said. A hush fell over the room. "No king leaves the truth be
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