40: Old Times

XANDER

Much to Daciana’s dismay, I didn’t take her lost book theory very seriously.

Though, I did go with her to check what she mentioned. Only to get her to leave me alone. Everything there was spotless and there was a dust spot right where she had plucked the book from.

“What if someone put it there recently?” I asked, cocking a brow, she glared at me, clearly not happy with my response.

“I’m going to find Donovan,” she grumbles, throwing the book not so gently at the reading chair in the library. “It is why he knows things more than you. He looks outside the box.”

With these parting words, she walked out, leaving me alone.

I stared at the room, thinking of how I used to see Adriana with large history books Daciana had picked for her. She was a reader, and I wanted to invest in her hobby. Just to see that shine in her eyes when she gets to a particularly exciting scene.

I was just about to walk out when I changed my mind and picked up the boom Daciana had left behind. Maybe she was