When In Doubt Go To The Library Novels & Stories

“Yeah… Animorphs and Goosebumps in elementary school do not a reader make.” “Hey, those are quality pieces of literature!” I declare. “Says who?” “Says me!” I huff, crossing my arms. “And I’ve read other books too! I like Stephen King and Michael Crichton and Neil Gaiman and—“ “Okay, okay,” he surrenders, lifting his hands and cutting me off. “Seriously, though, why are you going to the library?” “I’m going to do some research.” “For what?” “New training methods. Double checking some of the warrior laws for the kingdom.”

I respond and he comes and stands in front of me. “I need your help with something” He tells me. I’m confused as I don’t know what I could possibly help him with but I nod, urging him to go ahead and ask. He does, “I’ve been searching for an important textbook in the library for a while now and I’ve not been able to find it, can you come and help me check?” What? I give him a look of confusion. Is he joking? He must be. I laugh a bit just in case then reply, “There are librarians in the library, Collins” I mention the obvious.

What if it's important to someone else? Then they shouldn't have left it in a random library book where anyone could find it. That's not how libraries work, Valeria. Whatever. I was taking it anyway. The bell rang, and students started coming into the library. I grabbed my stuff and headed out, holding my backpack like it contained the most important thing in the world. Because maybe it did. Or maybe you're just really good at convincing yourself that random coincidences mean something. Maybe. But I'd rather be wrong about this meaning something than right about it meaning nothing.

"Lea said, Lea went to the library; it was quiet in the library. But it was precisely what she needed. She thought about her past, she thought to herself. '' I am not that same little girl anymore. I have nothing to be afraid of, Vin. "Lea said, Lea was heavy in thought that she didn't realize that she couldn't find law book 254. Lea decides to head to the back of the library. As she was looking, she notices that someone else was in the library and the next row over, so she went to the next row and saw Nolan looking for a book. But he was looking in the wrong section.

Where and How was it supposed to be used? Tomorrow, I would visit the library, and delve deeper, hopefully, I’d find something that answers some of my questions. For now, I think the next step is to sleep.

Something that I must discover. I exhale again, looking at the direction he just disappeared through. I have no choice, I have to ask him those questions because he’s my only hope of getting the answers and although I don’t trust him, I still have to do it. But while waiting for him, another thought comes into my mind. The library. Perhaps, if something happened in the past there may be some records of it and that is exactly what I need at this moment. Written records. That way even if Lukas pretends to be helping me while trying to derail me, I would be able to decipher it quickly and call him out.

I needed to stay as far away as possible from him in order to keep that fire burning. “And besides…” My mom's voice pulled me out of my gaze. “Why would you want to go to a library when you can get any book on your phone? I mean, do libraries even exist anymore.” I paused, my eyes shooting at the table as I tried to find a better excuse until Kathie's voice cut through the silence. “There's some blocks away from here.” She stated. “I used to go there some years ago when I was still in highschool.” I smiled at her.

Nothing that didn’t either. I closed the tab. My phone buzzed. Andrea. “Tonight. Out. Girls. Don’t forget. I’ve already made the reservation so don’t think of backing out.” I typed back: “yeah yeah I know.” Her response was immediate: “Wrong answer, try again.” “Fine and thank you.” “Better. Wear the green one.” I decided to visit the local library just to take my mind off everything. Reading novels was something I loved and I had a particular one I wanted to start with. The library had everything I could hope for and to my surprise very few people, just like I wanted it.

Now, where would I get one of those, Miss Brogan? 'Maybe you should try a library, I hear they have a whole load of them, just hanging around on the shelves,' I said, but I knew where this was heading, and my heart sank like a dead weight as he smiled and snapped his fingers again. The great double doors cracked once more, the deep rumbling thunder as they opened sounding even more ominous than it had the first time.

I pushed it down. “I suggest you do nothing,” I said. A few elders frowned. I continued. “Let them speak. Let them promise. Let them wait.” “And if people listen?” one elder challenged. “They will,” I said honestly. “Some already are.” The room tightened. “But if you rush to answer certainty,” I added, “you validate it. You tell people fear deserves immediate response.” Kairos watched me closely. “So we let doubt breathe,” the silver-haired elder said. “Yes,” I replied. “Doubt is honest. Certainty isn’t.”