Book Four: Chapter 138

Her face twisted, and her eyes were dark once again. “What is a few years compared to eternity? All things can be forgiven in time.”

“I won’t, I—”

“Emily?” It was Sofia. She came around the corner of the stacks. “Were you talking to someone?”

“Just...just myself.” She turned around, and Mike saw the black fade from her eyes. “Did you find anything about the rat king?”

Sofia held out a book. “Yeah, so strange thing really, the rat king is...”

This memory faded as well, and now Emily stood in the hallway of the second floor. Around her, the rats were cowering in fear as she twitched and spasmed, and one of her hands opened up, allowing a shimmering emerald to fall out of it.

“Why...what was I...” When she looked up, Mike saw that only one of her eyes was black now, and when she spoke next, only the corners of her mouth moved.

“You just did big magic, didn’t you?