//------------------------------// // Time (Epilogue) // Story: The Frozen North // by GjallarFox //------------------------------// Time (Epilogue) A month had passed from our trip to the Frozen North, and we were just laying in the library, reading together. She was reading a rather large book, most likely containing hundreds of spells that she could master just by reading. I, however, was reading a famous novel about a Prench ex-convict that had been released, and hunted by one of the guards from prison. Of course, Twilight probably knew far more Prench than I did, but I knew enough for the book to make sense enough. Silence was tangible in the library, our breathing and the occasional page turn being the only sounds that boomed in the otherwise mute library. Every so often, a whisper that sounded like a giggle tickled my ears, pulling my chin up to look at the only other living being in the library with me. But no evidence of her giggling was ever apparent, so I'd go back to reading. "I'll be right back, Love," she whispered, setting her book down, cover-side up. She walked past me, disappearing behind a corner. Seeing my chance, I stood and crept over to her book. As I lifted it, I saw a travel magazine hidden behind it. A stunning picture of deep indigo waters and pebbled beaches struck my eyes, capturing my attention. I looked up at the caption, engraving it into my mind: La Côte d'Azure But more prominent than the caption was the fact that it was circled in red ink more than twenty times consecutively, leaving a vortex of ink around the picture. Just below the circle, was inscribed: SOON