Nora Navra Library Novels & Stories

Caroline has an accurate sixth sense, 90% of what she says will usually happen. In the end, Naara arrives first at the library. The girl steps in and without further ado, she quickly moves to find her books. The campus library is very spacious and grand. The book collection is very comprehensive. It’s just that the wide space doesn’t match the number of its visitors. There are only a few tens of students there, as most students prefer to browse for data through the internet and sit at the campus garden compared to reading a thick heavy book. Naara combs through a few bookshelves. Hand and eyes coordinating in concentration to find the book she’s looking for. A lovely smile blooms on the girl

She was finally halfway through the page when a familiar shadow fell across her table. “Well,” Nyra’s voice said lightly, “this is unexpected.” Elara looked up to see Nyra standing there with her bag slung over one shoulder, eyebrows raised, lips already twitching like she’d just uncovered something delicious. “What are you doing here? I thought you didn’t have any classes today” Elara said, blinking. “I came to return a book, and get another one,” Nyra said. Then she paused. “Correction. I came to return a book and I just saw Nathan Temple walking out of this library looking far too pleased with himself.”

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I couldn’t risk it. I sped out of my room and opened a window, breathing hardly. My blood cooled as seconds passed but my anger didn’t. I couldn’t lose Lexa. I had to make a move with her. Lexa’s POV I was almost done with the study room. I just had to dust the shelves of books. The shelves were reachable but there were about eight of them, lined up in the study room. I met Nora today. She told me that this wasn’t even the library and there were numerous books here. The only time I enjoyed reading was towards the end of middle school and at high school. Before then, I didn’t have need for reading.

The message appeared: “This cannot continue. But I can’t stop thinking about you either. Meet me tomorrow night. 9 PM. Old library annex. Third floor stacks. Come alone. E” Nora’s breath caught. A dangerous smile curved her lips as she typed back one word: “Yes.” She slipped the phone away and walked towards her dorm with every step reminding her of the heat between her thighs and the ghost of his hand on her wrist. Tomorrow night, in the shadowed, isolated third-floor stacks, there would be no desk, no colleagues, no easy escape. And Nora wasn’t sure either of them would be strong enough to walk away again.

“It’s not.” There was a beat. Then another. When she didn’t continue, I scowled. “What are you not telling me?” Nora bit the inside of her cheek, like she was measuring how much she could get away with sharing with me. Then she dug around in her satchel before pulling out an old, leather-bound book. The binding was worn and cracking, and the cover was faded with the crest of House Aurelian. She opened it carefully and turned the pages with a brittle whisper before pausing.

As much as unsettling the thought was, I pushed it past my head. “Well, I still have to do something at least. I can’t just sit around twiddling my thumbs in this room all day” Noah ponders over my response for a moment and says “Why don’t you visit the library located on the seventh floor. I know how much you love reading crime thrillers. That place is literally booming with it and every genre is available over there too” He suggested. “Ok then. I’ll head over there in a few seconds” I nod my head.

Nola stepped into the mysterious little building. The moment she entered, she was drawn in by its elegant and tranquil atmosphere. Paintings by renowned artists hung along the walls of the first floor, while rare orchids rested on tall stands. There was an elevator inside the building. When Nola reached the second floor, the circular library left her speechless. Books filled the shelves in every direction, and a rolling ladder was needed to reach the upper levels. Besides the books, glass display cases held antiques and precious collectibles.

Nora stood still. He stopped. He didn’t turn around. “Don’t make me drag you, Nora. It ruins the floor.” She walked. Her heels clicked on the marble. The sound of a prisoner walking to the gallows. He opened the doors. The library was dark. Smell of old paper and brandy. “Why are we here?” Nora asked. Lorenzo walked to his desk. He picked up a remote and pressed a button. The wall behind the desk slid open. A hidden room.

Nora, I know you think you’ve won. I know you think you can just walk away into Damien Vance’s world and pretend the last seven years never happened. But I still have everything. I have your old personal journals from the house on Elm Street. I have the rough drafts of your early designs, the private financial tracking sheets you kept when we were struggling, and the personal notes you wrote about your family. I have already talked to a freelance publisher who is willing to buy the rights to the entire archive. They want the real story of Nora Vance—the desperate, broke artist who kept double books while her marriage fell apart.