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15 - Natalya.

My stomach churns as I head across the dark and eerie courtyard, feeling as though someone is watching me. Ever since I made that comment to Alexander, I’ve been on edge, since he’ll never let me get away with it. It was foolish, and I got caught up in the moment, emboldened by Eva’s confidence to call him out. I regretted it the moment it left my lips.

The library is on the far side of the courtyard and I need to get out a book for an assignment for law class with Principal Byrne. It’s late and I wish I’d gone before dinner. Once I’m two paces from the front door of the library, I glance over my shoulder to make sure I’m just being paranoid. As I scan the courtyard, I can’t see anyone, so I continue and enter the old building.

Mrs. Kendall, the aging librarian, is fast asleep behind the desk as usual as I walk past and into the vast, ancient room lined with hundreds of bookcases. They keep law books on the second floor mezzanine, which is potentially the darkest and creepiest area of
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