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🌙 Story Steps – The Last Visitor
Level: B2
The library in Hillcrest was closing forever. Fewer people read books now, and the building was old and broken. On the last evening, the librarian, Daniel, decided to stay late. He wanted to say goodbye to the place he had worked in for thirty years.
The rooms were quiet, filled only with the smell of paper and dust. Daniel walked slowly along the shelves, running his hand across the spines of forgotten novels. Suddenly, he noticed a woman standing near the history section. She wore a long gray coat and a scarf that covered her hair.
“I’m sorry,” Daniel said. “We’re closed.”
The woman looked at him with pale eyes. “I know,” she answered softly. “But I need one book before the doors shut forever.”
She lifted a hand and pointed. Daniel followed her finger. It rested on a book he had never seen before. The leather cover was dark, without a title.
He pulled it down and handed it to her. “Strange,” he murmured. “I don’t remember cataloging this.”
The woman smiled faintly. “It remembers you.” She tucked the book under her arm and walked away.
Daniel hurried after her, but when he turned the corner, she was gone. The front door hadn’t opened. No one had left.
Puzzled, he returned to the main hall. On the reading table lay the same book. His hands shook as he opened it. The pages were blank, except for the last one. There, in his own handwriting, were the words: “The eclipse will take the light.”
Daniel looked out the tall window. The full moon hung in the sky. At first it was bright, but slowly, as if obeying the book’s words, a shadow crept across its face.
The library grew darker and colder.
When the moon was fully hidden, Daniel heard footsteps again. The woman’s voice echoed softly:
“Now it begins.”
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BY BM | IELTS 9.0
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