The girls followed Noah deeper into the darker parts of the library, sporadically exchanging confused and concerned expressions. 

“How much farther down in this place?” Veronika groaned. Noah gave back an exasperated sound but no real answer. Lucy continued to look at all the different books as they moved. Some seemed much more dangerous now: they were covered in chains and other precarious locks. Noah had said the books were somehow alive but this was beyond ...