It was to be expected though as with the rise of the internet, most information could be stored and accessed online, making libraries somewhat obsolete.
Even Anna had not been here many times before and when she had, it had only been for a few brief moments before leaving again.
Maris looked around the place with a sense of awe but also a growing heaviness in her head as if the written knowledge pressed against her mind. She tried to read a title on a nearby shelf only for her vision to waver. When she blinked and shook herself back to awareness, a gentle but commanding voice echoed from deeper within the library.
"Come inside, children. I have been waiting."
Maris straightened instantly. Jayden glanced around as if expecting someone to step from the shadows. Anna felt something cold settle in her stomach. Cain felt his entire body tense because he knew that voice. He remembered what it could see and what it could tear out of him without effort.
