Skye
Walking into Esmeralda’s library, I was still trying to figure out why the hell this awful feeling wouldn’t let go of me. As if I didn’t have enough to worry about. I accidentally bumped against a box and heard something that sounded like a small bell or something that might have knocked against thin glass.
Esmeralda had given me free rein of her personal library, and I quickly opened the box. Inside it was a beautiful antique hourglass made with what looked like an old bone. I wondered for a split-second if it was one of the dark objects we took from the demon caves, then thought better of it.
Esmeralda told me that all those artifacts were safely locked away out of the reach of the children, so it couldn’t be one of them. Putting it down on the desk, I stared at the sand fallin
