Chapter 214

The phrase "Carpe Diem" crashed onto my head from the cloud and hit the ground, still intact.

I rolled my eyes. "Do it."

"Good luck and... best you don't mention me." Isabel flicked her fingers.

"Excuse me," a woman said from behind me in a sharp voice. "You do not have library privileges."

I turned around and jumped back. "Fuck me."

The giantess, easily twelve feet high, with red horn-rimmed glasses and blond hair pulled into a tight bun, placed her gnarled hands on her massive hips. Her heels could double as vampire stakes. Because more height was required in this scenario. "You are exceedingly rude."

"My deepest apologies. I didn't expect anyone else here." I offered a hand to shake, sending a near-invisible red ribbon into her when she reluctantly clasped mine. Whoa. Magic was all that held her together. She must have been a construct created by Isabel.

That didn't make her any less dangerous.

"Where is 'here,' exactly?" I said.