"No." I stood to my feet and began to panic. I tried to look around the room to see if there was a place to hide the child. I had no idea why but it felt right to keep Eric from sight ... for now.
"Eric, come here." I snatched the book in his hand out of his grip and pulled him towards the small desk. "Stay here and don't come out until I ask you to." I led him under the desk, ignoring the scared look on his face. He nodded in obedience and crept under the small space, just right for his size.
Hurrying back towards the fallen books, I went on my knees and tried picking them up with twice as much speed, managing to place some back in their space, disregarding the order they could previously has been in.
"Gigi?" Sebastian walked right through the open door with a frown, startling me and
