Chapter 36
It was late in the evening before I could slip away from my rooms. I hurried down the cold, shadowy corridors of Castle Raine, trying not to appear too furtive. When I finally gained the library doors, my heart was thudding nervously in my chest. Looking first to the right, then the left, I grabbed the handle and pulled, ready to scurry into the darkened room.
The door was locked.
I bit down on a yell of frustration and forced myself not to stamp my foot in a temper. Locked! In my excitement, I’d forgotten that Miss Groves had told me the library was closed up at night.
Clenching my hands into fists, I stared at the door as if the force of my glare would make it swing open. But I was no Dark Elf, no magically gifted human, to make the world bend to my will. The library remai
