Jacob slightly pushed his trolley down the hallway, stacking up the shelves at the library, He had always been a bookworm, with a long list of book club memberships throughout high school and college, He romanticized about working at the library but he quickly learned otherwise.
A deadpanned look slowly grew on his face throughout the years of monotonous labor which involved babysitting visitors, finding things, cataloging books, tidying up and the whole nine.
As Jacob continued his tasks, he gradually heard a chiming sound that grew louder as time passed.
"Now, whose goddamn phone is that" Jacob muttered under his breath.
The chiming grew disturbing and he couldn't bear it anymore, Jacob began scanning the area, searching for the culprit, his investigations led him to a secluded corner of the library.
He was certain about the origin of this sound as he arrived at some group of shelves but surprisingly he didn't see anyone, he presumed that someone forgot his or her phone at that spot, so he began searching the shelves.
The chiming got louder at a particular spot but there was no phone, instead, he felt a vibration when he lifted one of the books, the humming vibration accompanied the chimes as he now held this book in his hands.
He slightly opened the book and caught glimpse of some white light peeking from the edges of the book.
"What the hell?!" Jacob scurried as he dropped the book out of pure fright.
He took a look at the book now sitting suspiciously on the floor, the glowing white lights now shining brighter at the edges of the hardcover which had no title, Jacob took a look around to see if anyone had witnessed what he just encountered.
Although Jacob was very skeptical about the scenario, this was the most interesting thing he had seen in all his years working at the library, he walked closer to this mesmerizing object, first slightly kicking it with his feet, then slowly picking it up with jittery hands.
He took a slow deep breath as he opened the book, the white light illuminated his face with warmth and curiosity, Jacob slowly sat cross-legged beside the shelf entranced as he began to read from this strange book.
"In the beginning of time, after the splitting of source consciousness and the birth of time and countless souls..."
Jacob was shocked as he saw those writings manifest on the pages of the book but something else scared him to the bones, he heard a voice pronouncing the words as he read them, this wasn't some internal monologue that all readers possess, the voice came from everywhere around him and vibrated his core being.
