102 Intentions- Part 2 (2/2)

”Good afternoon, Gabriel,” Stanley shook hands with the man.

”I wasn't expecting you this soon. After all it has only been two weeks since you last visited. You even brought the lady home. I thought the elites had other things to do with the marriage to look forward,” Gabriel commented knowing whom Stanley had brought to his house. The news was all over the local papers of the empire. He was a short man in his early thirties, his eyes slanted down at the ends, ”Lady Heidi, you shouldn't be walking down these streets at this time. It must be something really important, if you are here at this hour of the day.”

”Lady Heidi had something to look from your book collections,” Stanley stated to see the short man raise his eyebrows.

”What is it that you're looking for?”

”The hooded creatures,” Heidi replied to see him look at her with a curious expression before asking the duo to follow him up the narrow stairs where he placed the books.

The room was as big as the hall and much messier than what they had just walked past from. There was hardly any place to step on as several books laid on the ground as well as the corners of the room.Heidi began rummaging through the books, flipping the pages of the handwritten books. Most of the books that were present in this room were in bad condition. The rain didn't stop and neither did she, from trying to find anything she could get. The hooded cloak wasn't the only reason why she had come here. There was something she wanted to confirm on the lake of bones. Her memory was fresh as if the incident took place yesterday. She knew the incident that took place when she drowned a few weeks ago and what occurred today were somewhere related to each other.

But even after two hours had passed she didn't find anything. The rain had finally stopped, leaving the ground wet and slippery as an aftermath.

”I don't think it's here,” she said, placing back the book on the ground from where she had picked. Even with the mess, the man had categorized his books to different groups.

”We could look for it in another place,” Stanley suggested.

”That's alright. Maybe it was just a figment of my imagination,” said Heidi, tired from going through too many books in the room. With the rain, the air seemed to have clogged in the room, making the atmosphere stuffy which she hadn't realized until she was done with the books.

”Sometimes, imagination can turn into a reality,” the butler said making her chuckle.

”Is that so,” she trailed, ”I should be careful with what I dream then.”

They thanked Gabriel for allowing them to go through his books and then headed back to the mansion.