a pontents, wanting for my tuin at the same information desk where hare bat brought me in my first day at the quietoine
Tedit was my first day off and i was planning to make good use of it.
Adelaide was still a question 1 did not have all the answers to, and i had to know mwe about fier.
Who was she, what was she doing with those witches and what was het connection to Mom?
Next! The same woman from last time barked out, her face uninterested.
“Yes, hi.” I stepped forward, placing my hands on the desk. I offered her a polite smile, one she didn’t return.
“How can 1 help you?” she said, her voice nat.
“This question might come off as really nosy-
“Keep it rolling,” the woman waved her hand impatiently. “I don’t have all day. There are people waiting.”
I scoffed, caught off guard by her rudeness. “My mom used to go to this school. Her name was Claire Hastings. She had this friend, Adelaide–and I was wondering if you have some information on her, or perhaps still have a file…maybe.”
The woman rolled her eyes. “I can’t give away private information. Next!”
*Please?” I leaned forward slightly, hoping to soften her up. “I promise I won’t tell- Or do you maybe know where I can find something-
“Not here–next!”
I drew in a breath, looking at the long line of students with displeased faces–all waiting. This wasn’t going anywhere.
Defeated, I stepped aside. I knew I couldn’t just walk up to a desk and ask for private information. I wasn’t that stupid–but I thought I’d at least try.
There had to be another way to get this information. I was lost in thought when I felt a tap on my shoulder.
I spun and came face to face with an older man who I recognized as one of the professors. He shot me a kind smile. “I’m sorry. I couldn’t help but overhear the last part,” he spoke. “But–if you’re looking for information on alumni, you should try the library. They’re full of biographies and records about former
students.”
The library?
Of course. How could I not have thought about that.
My face lit up with hope. “Thank you, Sir!” I beamed. He gave me a calm wave and walked away, leaving me with my new lead.
I immediately made my way to the library, tucked away beneath the main building. As I stepped in, I was met with the smell of
The library was massive, filled with shelves that reached the ceilings.
musty, old books.
I hadn’t expected anything else from an academy which had been standing for over hundred years, but I knew it would make my task a lot more difficult.
Where would I even start?
I walked up to the desk, hoping this womary would be a lot friendlier than that thing they put in the main building. Luckily, she greeted me with a wide
smile.
“Excuse me,” I whispered, not wanting to disturb anyone. “Do you know where I can find any information on alumni?”
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the fours creaked with each step I took, and as I got closer to the shelves, I noticed another stairway leading down. It was completely day car had been covered by a wooden board.
“No Entry–Restricted Area, I read out loud. That place gave me the seilous creeps.
The chill that ran through my body was enough to make me turn away, and I focused on looking for section SA,
Once I arrived, I went straight to Mom’s graduation year and searched for the healing majors.
The Moon Goddess must’ve been with me because it didn’t take long before I had found the book I had been looking for. It was a huge, heavy hook that clearly hadn’t been touched in years.
I struggled to carry it to the nearest table, and when I finally set it down–I was surrounded by a cloud of dust.
The combination of the dust and my bad condition made me cough loudly. Maybe Kylan was right, and I did had to work on my cardio.
Urgh, Kylan.
I pulled a disgusted face.
He was the last person I should be thinking about right now.
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