CHAPTER 9
I take a deep breath, walk up to the front door of the Ryder mansion and knock. No answer.
I jiggle the handle. It’s unlocked. I turn the knob and step inside.
“Cissy? Zeke?” I nervously bite my lower lip. I’m totally late after that fiasco at the Arena with Adair. If after all that, I can’t go to the library today, I will definitely need to kill something. Hopefully, not Zeke.
Soft giggles sound from behind the corner to the West Wing.
“Zekie, don’t!” It’s Cissy.
Oh, they’re here alright. Ick.
I stand in the center of the reception hall. “Cissy, I’m going over to the library. Is that okay?”
More giggles.
“I’ll take that as a ‘yes.’” I walk down the hallway to the East Wing and hike up the stairs. I stop at the second floor.
This is the exact spot I saw in my dreamscape
