If Holland didn’t come back tonight, it would be her chance. What was going on with his body? Maybe he was hiding it there. Chloe cheered herself on and sneaked into Holland’s room.
As soon as she entered, she saw that the clothes she had bought for Holland were all scattered on the floor. Did he not like them?
Chloe was a little depressed. She turned around and walked to the bookshelf, pulling open the only book that was free of dust.
‘Squeak!’
The dustless book was truly not a book at all. It was a mechanism wrapped in a book cover. As she pulled it out, the entire bookshelf moved to the left, opening a secret passage that could be entered by one person.
Chloe’s heart was about to jump out of her chest. Her palms were sweating, but she still mustered her courage and walk
