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Erin nods, her expression serious, before she smiles confidently, “I’ve got this, don’t worry.”
“Good, go.”
We don’t need to be told again, and we all jog back through the bookshelves and toward the door. As we exit the oppressive space, I instantly feel lighter; I had no idea just how much that sour stain of magic was affecting me. Erin doesn’t wait for it to be at the last second as I suddenly feel the familiar feeling of her shield that blocks us from the view of anyone who could see us. We’ve only gotten a few steps away from the library door when it opens again and Cain steps out.
“It’s Cain,” Maria says, looking pale but surprisingly handling it better than I thought she might.
I step out from under Erin’s shield and I ask, “Is everything okay?”
He smiles, “Yeah, I actually figured that it wouldn’t be a good idea to be found with the body, so I’m going to report it even though I’m fairly certain that I’m going to run into someone on the way.”
“Fuck yeah, probably not a good idea to be the only one in a room with a recently dead body,” I reply.
“Exactly. I’ll come and find you tomorrow at some point and let you know what happened. You need to go.” He says urgently, and I listen, stepping back under the protection of Erin’s shield.
We head in the opposite direction of the way that Cain is going, although I know that Erin’s shield is soundproofed as well, no one says anything until we get up onto our private hallway and she drops it.
As soon as she does, Cole says, “I’m going to need therapy, lots of fucking therapy. That was fucked up.”
“You’re not the only one,” Dash agrees, looking pale.
“Do you think Cain is really going to be okay?” Jax asks.
I shrug, “I really have no idea. I think he knew him better than he let on.”
“Defnitely, his reaction was emotional too not just shock and horror,” Ty says thoughtfully.
“I really wish we didn’t have to leave him behind to deal with all of that,” Maria says.
“No, that’s a lot for anyone to deal with, even more so if you know the person,” Dean adds.
“I don’t know about you guys, but I’m not ready to just call it a night,” I say, I have a feeling I’m not going to get much sleep anyway. I won’t be able to get the image of him out of my head for a while. “Do you guys want to come in and have a hot chocolate? It’s not that late anyway.”
Unsurprisingly, everyone agrees, and we quickly make our way into our rooms; everyone takes seats apart from Kai, Kyle, Harry, and me who all move into the kitchen to start making the hot chocolates. I’m grateful for their help or it would’ve taken me a lot longer.
Once we’re all sitting, Kyle says, “Do you think that the Order knew that he was starting to break the control and decided to make an example of him?”
We all make sounds of agreement as Erin answers, “Yeah, I think that is exactly what happened. They’re probably aware that Cain isn’t under the influence of it, and so they started paying more attention to who he was talking to.”
“Yeah, that would make sense,” Dash agrees.
“Do we know where the librarian is? They haven’t been in there once, not even tonight, so they’re either in trouble or involved.” I say.
“You know what, you’re right, I don’t remember seeing him recently either, and I’ve been in the library a lot,” Asher agrees with me.
“So, they’re a he then?” Levi asks, and Asher nods, “Do you know anything else about him? Do you think he would be likely to work for the Order?”
Asher takes a moment to think as he sips his hot chocolate, “He’s quite unassuming, doesn’t really say much, and obviously keeps to himself, but he has to have a pretty high power level, or he wouldn’t be able to control the library. Having said that, he’s always given me a weird vibe. I did think that maybe it was because the library let me do things that it wouldn’t let others, even him.”
“Wait, the library doesn’t like him?” I ask.
Asher shakes his head, “No, well, that’s the impression I got anyway, the library messes with him. Hides books, drops them on him, all of that sort of thing.”
“Well, I think that’s a massive sign that the librarian is up to no good or certainly needs looking into,” Jax points out.
“Yeah, I agree. We can go and see if he’s in his apartment tomorrow,” Cole suggests.
I shake my head, “No we cant, they aren’t going to let anyone in the library for a while now that there’s been a murder. There’s no way that we could sneak in, either. They’re going to be watching it like a hawk.”
