The energy emanating from the library was strong. Back at the feast, he had been the only one who had been able to feel Lady in Dark's aura. But this one? Everybody in the corridor could feel it too.
So, why were they standing here like nothing was happening?
Was this a trap? Was Lady in Dark controlling them? There was only one way to find out, and that was to go along with it.
Noah's heartbeat began to slow as he stared at the tall double doors of the royal library.
The memory of what he'd done there only hours ago resurfaced in his mind.
He could still picture the case, the crumbling glass, the book he'd stolen and stored in his spatial ring.
And now here he was again, standing beside one of the kingdom's most powerful mages.
He couldn't help the thought that Edric already knew.
The man had a way of looking through people, of peeling away lies without asking a question.
