Adion and Tobe walked farther down the aisle, and I followed, catching glimpses of scaly heads and beady eyes staring at me from large glass boxes on both sides. We reached a massive glass enclosure, where large, dark gray shapes fluttered frenetically, like overgrown bats. Chunks of limestone lined the back of the enclosure, while the creatures gathered around the small pond in the middle, sitting still long enough for me to realize that they were all gargoyles.
“The creature you and Wyatt encountered the other night is in here,” Adion said, nodding toward the enclosure. The beasts with bat wings, horns, and ghoulish faces scowled at me before they all growled and exploded into puffs of black smoke that then scattered around aimlessly.
“They are restless,” Tobe murmured, watching them w
