Chapter 5
Miss Groves led me down the winding turret stairs, past the corridor leading to my rooms, then through a series of hallways.
“The library entrance is on the bottom floor of Castle Raine,” she said. “But as you will see, the room itself takes up three stories. Here we are.”
She paused beside another of the castle’s dark, ornate doors. This one, most appropriately, had an open book carved in the center.
“Is it ever locked?” I asked, keeping in mind my plan to return later.
“I believe the steward closes it up at night, along with the other rooms that contain items of value.”
I nodded, then followed her into the cavernous library. Once over the threshold, I halted, eyes wide. Much to my delight, the library was nothing like I’d expected.
The walls were granite, true, but clad
