“Kind of. They’re books with instructions on how to do magic. And I must find a certain one. The only problem is, I don’t know which one I’m looking for.”
Lily hopped and looked at all the books on the shelves. I could imagine that to a child, especially one that hasn’t been around magic, this would seem like a lot of magic books.
“I want to help!” She beamed at me, and my heart shattered into little pieces. “You can help by staying quiet and not touching the grimoire.” I mimicked in my head. I can’t tell her that. It’ll crush her.
“Did you hear about the creature that was in the woods the other day?” I need her to understand how important this is, but I don’t want to scare her either.
“Melanie said it’s gone.” Lily frowned and peered at the books.
“It is gone. But I need to find out
