CHAPTER 16: ALTHEA BROOKSVILLE

The scent of old books and musty air lingering around the room welcomed Aria and the Hunter brothers as they entered the basement of Lizzie's house.

It was impossible to know from the outside that a room like this existed beneath the France family home.

Its ceiling goes as high as the sky, bookshelves stand as tall as the ceiling, and for a moment, Aria thought they had opened a portal to a different world.

"Wow!" was all she muttered. "How?" she tried to ask Mrs. France but couldn't get out the words she wanted to say.

The room seemed to have bewitched the Hunter brothers too, and both were stunned to talk. Mrs. France grinned a little, proud of how amazed they were.

"This was the work of Lizzie's great grandmother," she said. "I think Lizzie tapped with her magical powers when she stumbled upon this room."

"It's majestic," Aria said, still in awe of all the