Chapter 28. The Book

“It’s green, large like this one, with a dark vine wrapped around to keep it shut. Leyanne is a witch of nature, so it suits her. It’s where I learned the spell, and I know it’s here. No one ever removes the books, not that they can. The stairwell won’t let a book pass upwards, so it will be here wherever I left it.”

“Hmm, okay… Let’s look.”

Meadow jumps to it and starts trawling the lined cases around us, and I follow suit. Moving to the ones behind me, I gently pass my fingers along the shelves, making sure not to touch them. Something is tugging me to my left, and I let it guide me. Like an inner instinct, deep in my belly or my gut, I look that way in response to whatever is urging me onwards.

Sticking out slightly more than the others on a low shelf, almost concealed by shadow because of where it sits, I spot a green book and go to it immediately.

“This?” I call Sierra, pointing down, and she looks around and gasps in glee.

“If I didn’t know better