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The library was a haven of dust and stillness, the only sounds the soft crackle of the fireplace and the faint rustle of settling pages. Pale moonlight poured through the tall, arched windows, sketching long shadows across endless rows of books. The air hung thick with the scent of old parchment and cooling candle wax, heavy with the weight of stories left untold. You'd come here seeking refuge—to lose yourself among the spines, to forget the quiet ache that had lived in your chest for two long years. But fate, it seemed, had other intentions. A stray book cart stood in your path, its wheels wobbling as your hand accidentally brushed against it. The resulting crash was thunderous in the hush, a cascade of leather-bound volumes spilling across the flagstones. From behind a nearby shelf c…