Outside Vickie's second bedroom, the one she actually slept in, I paused. The last time I'd been in here, the school had been bustling with life and movement. Now, long after the dark hour, while the school held still and silent and very dark, it felt different. Less of a good idea. I could do this another time and bring Seph with me. Or...someone else. But too much curiosity burned underneath my skin. This was all connected to Leo and the stone somehow. I knew it; I just needed to know how, and I wouldn't stop until I had the answers.
I opened the door and stepped inside. The faint smell of lemons brushed my nose again like a hint, like a reminder. Maybe she'd written something on the walls in lemon juice like the inside cover of her diary. After closing the door behind me, I swept my li
