The hidden chamber was quieter without Camille in it.Evangeline had taken her to the nursery after she woke from her nap, leaving Orion, Selene, Kaelen, Theron, Quinlan, Sable, and Riven to continue examining the records they had uncovered.Selene stood beside the stone table, looking at the shelves.“We should go through everything,” she said. “If this room was kept for a reason, there may be more here than those records.”Kaelen nodded. “There usually is.”Riven glanced at the shelves. “How many books count as more?”“Enough that you should stop complaining before we begin.”Sable gave him a look, and he wisely said nothing.Orion hid a smile as Kaelen reached toward the lowest shelf.Several thin books had been stacked there, their covers worn smooth with age. Kaelen moved them aside one by one until his fingers stopped against something larger.He pulled. A heavy book slid from the darkness beneath the shelf. Dust fell from its cover..Sel
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