Eidolon Ave: The Second Feast
He remained, standing, heels in the aisle.
As she noticed earlier, where the shelves in the outer, more public rooms overwhelmed with their size, these did not. The ceiling low, the books sat at eye level, beginning not on the floor, but right below her knees. The sconces at the door not tarnished but burnished bright. The room lit with nothing but their glow.
She moved close, scanning the sallow spines, one looking much like the other. Raised a hand. Paused.
“You fear not having a book in you, yes?” A gentle smile from the man watching from the door.
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