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Rain lashed against the library windows as I hunched over a crumbling 16th-century manuscript, my fingers leaving smudges on vellum thinner than moth wings. For three sleepless nights, I'd chased a phantom reference in the Book of Jasher - a single line about Nephilim that contradicted every mainstream translation. My coffee had gone cold, my eyes burned, and the weight of academic humiliation pressed down as tomorrow's symposium loomed. In desperation, I swiped open my tablet, tapping an icon I

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