A scream rose from deeper within the burning wing before Elena could study the fragment further.
"Someone is still inside," Finnian shouted, arriving breathless with a group of guards carrying additional water buckets, his eyes already scanning the smoke pouring from the archive's inner chambers.
Logan was moving before he finished processing the decision, pushing past the guards still fighting the spreading flames near the entrance.
"Logan, wait!" Elena grabbed for his arm, but he had already slipped past her, disappearing into the smoke-filled corridor beyond.
The heat inside hit him instantly, thick and suffocating, flames climbing higher along shelves that had not yet been reached by the bucket lines outside. He pressed his sleeve against his mouth and pushed forward, following the
