"We should split up," Kai suggested, his voice steady. "Cover more ground that way. Maris, you're the most sensitive to its aura, so you should stay with Lucan. I will search the other side of the library."
"Let's get this over with," Lucan said,. The sooner they destroyed the Death Note, the sooner he could go back and have sleep. He didn't want to work on this thing anymore .
As they split up, Lucan and Maris moved cautiously through the maze of bookshelves, the darkness closing in around them.
"This place… it's like it's alive," Maris murmured. Her hand tightened around Lucan's arm as they passed by an old tapestry depicting scenes of the academy's past. The figures on the tapestry seemed to shift and move, their expressions twisted with fear.
"The Death Note has probably corrupted the entire area. We need to be quick."
