Chapter 324 - Chapter 322: The Vault of Unwritten Truths (Part 1)

The Hall of Unfinished Stories had always felt like a held breath, but tonight it felt like a held breath about to break. Aether stood before the great gate with the others arrayed beside him — Liora with her fingers already curled as if bracing against something unseen, Kael rolling his shoulders the way he always did before a fight he couldn't yet name, the Architect silent and still as a drawn blueprint, the Keeper watching the stone with the particular wariness of someone who had outlived several versions of himself, and the Traveler standing slightly apart, the way he always stood when he already knew what was about to happen and had decided not to spoil it.