***Alice POV***
The air in my office felt heavy, thick with the weight of unspoken truths and lingering fears. I had barely slept the night before, my mind haunted by the visions and the forbidden knowledge I had stumbled upon. The scroll was a heavy burden, a link to my family's legacy that I had yet to fully understand. I stood in front of my desk, the moonlight pouring in through the window, casting ethereal shadows across the room and illuminating the top drawer where I had hidden the scroll.
As I opened the drawer, my heart raced. I could feel the pulse of magic reverberating from the scroll, calling to me like a siren's song. Pulling it out, I felt a shiver course through me; the surface of the scroll felt warm, almost alive. With trembling hands, I carefully unrolled it, the ancie
