The room was completely quiet.
No one could believe what they had just heard.
Bella looked at Marcus. Then at Father Gabriel.
"I do not understand."
"You told us this was the Last Archive, " she said.
Father Gabriel looked down.
"I did."
"And I was wrong, " he added.
Marcus let out a laugh.
"It finally happened, " he said.
The way he said it made Leo feel uneasy.
"What finally happened?" Leo asked.
Marcus looked at him.
"Someone else found the Third Archive, " he said.
Bella frowned.
"You knew about it?" she asked.
Marcus nodded.
"I have been searching for it for forty years, " he said.
"And I never found it, " he added.
Leo studied Marcus's face.
For the time since they met...
He was not pretending.
He looked genuinely frustrated.
That meant one thing.
The person w
