Prologue-Whispers in the Forbidden Archive

[Narrator –spoken, calm] On a stormy, moonless evening, Elara slips into the depths of the palace, into the Forbidden Archive—a labyrinth of ancient scrolls and sealed treasures. Each step is a salute to her lost people, each breath a risk, for her inner heat could shatter the Lunari seals. The magic down there is ancient and cold, a whisper that nearly freezes her in place.