I finished my food and dressed up, tying my hair up. I followed Sophia, and we went up and up, to the last floor. The mansion was big indeed, almost like a castle.
“Here,” Sophia said, pointing to a double door at the end of a really long hallway. “The library.”
“You’re not coming in?” I asked when she stayed back.
She shook her head. “The library is a big deal to Sir Loeonardo, so we’re prohibited from entering.”
“But I'm allowed in?”
“Yes, because you’re their–”
“Plaything,” I completed when she couldn’t.
She bit her lips and said nothing else, so I turned to the door and opened it. As soon as I did, the smell of books hit me. I paused at the door and inhaled deeply, pushing the comforting smell deeper and deeper into my lungs.
“A lover of books, I see.”
I jumped as I heard
