Chapter Twenty Three
Given the outcome of their previous attempt, Ana was understandably reluctant to take Eva and Tren to Krays’s Library again. They had to waste precious time talking the stubborn and frightened woman into granting them a return passage. In the end, Eva had to promise that this would be the last time. She did so with discomfort. Only one more chance at Krays’s secrets? They would have to make sure that nothing went wrong this time.
Maintaining a stubborn, disapproving silence, Ana took them to a quiet, little-used room in the Library. The chamber was deserted, but still the woman was extremely tense. She kept hold of their wrists for a full minute after they arrived, standing still and alert as she listened for alarms.
To Eva’s relief, nothing happened. She, too, had
