3:00 a.m. was announced by the grandfather clock in the corner. The book on Kara's lap was all but forgotten as she fixed her gaze on the stumbling hands. Since Lucian and the others had departed, she had lost her ability to focus on anything. She rose from the chair and set the book down on the tiny stand next to it. She paced the room, scanning the tens of thousands of books stacked floor to ceiling in the two-story library.
Lucian and the others had carried the books with them from wherever they had previously been, according to Marta's explanation. The older lady had been with Kara for almost an hour, showing Kara around and pointing out some of her favorite books. Marta shared her passion of the literature and the local vampires with warmth and excitement. She didn't go until Baldric arrived to bring her back for assistance.
