(Mirabel's POV)
Nobody moved.
Nobody breathed.
Nobody spoke.
The title remained there.
CHAPTER ONE.
Two simple words.
And somehow—
They were the most terrifying thing I had ever seen.
More terrifying than the End.
More terrifying than the First Maybe.
More terrifying than the moment reality learned how to ask questions.
Because this?
This was unknown.
True unknown.
Not hidden.
Not forgotten.
Not waiting to be discovered.
Unwritten.
The page shimmered.
The title remained.
CHAPTER ONE.
The impossible child laughed first.
Of course she did.
She pointed at the page.
Then at me.
Then at the page again.
Then back at me.
I narrowed my eyes.
"No."
The child grinned.
"Yes."
"No."
"Definitely yes."
The Collector laughed.
The Witness smiled.
The First Dream looked
