Curiosity finally got the better of him. He took the latest victim—a nondescript diary from the 1920s—and decided to do something he was strictly forbidden from doing: he tracked down the scrap.
Elias froze. He turned to the very last page in the stack. It was fresh. The ink was still slightly damp. Curiosity finally got the better of him
He found it tucked inside the very back of the shelf, hidden behind a loose brick. It wasn't just one page; it was a stack of hundreds. Every Page 9 ever stolen from the archive was gathered there. He turned to the very last page in the stack
Elias didn't look up. He closed his eyes, gripped the paper, and tore it in half. He found it tucked inside the very back
The "collected" Page 9 told the story of a man who lived in the basement of an archive, cataloging books, until he discovered that his own life was being written by someone else.