Winter Break by Ivy Hearne

Author:Ivy Hearne [Hearne, Ivy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Belgate Publishing
Published: 2018-11-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Tony and I were sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of the fire when I leaned over and bumped my shoulder against his.

“I’m so sorry, but I need to go do something. If I don’t make it back over here before everybody leaves, maybe we could do something later?” My voice was tentative, like I was afraid he would turn me down. More than that, though, I was afraid it would hurt his feelings.

“Yeah, sure. I guess.” He was obviously confused about why I was leaving so suddenly, but I didn’t even try to explain. No one had seen this imp besides me. I didn’t even know if Souji believed me—but at least he had my back no matter what.

I wanted to get over to the library before it closed down for the day. I would search on the internet, but I’d discovered that a lot of what was available online in terms of monster information was, perhaps unsurprisingly, full of misinformation, holes, and hoaxes.

Besides, I was almost certain the school monitored our Internet usage. Screw that.

I’d do old-school research first.

Outside, the sun was already dipping down behind the trees. Inside the library, though, it was warm. This was probably my second favorite space on campus. With its warm golden lights and shining wooden tables, it just felt comfortable.

The librarian gave me a wave. “I’ll be leaving in about an hour and a half,” she said. “Let me know if you need any help.”

I nodded my thanks and headed over to the section on monsters. I swear, I was learning more in one day of monster-researching than I had in almost a whole semester of classes. And suddenly, I was kind of looking forward to the next session’s para-biology course.

I had gathered a stack of books on the desk in front of me and was beginning to look through them when I heard a scratching noise from the window beside my table.

Somehow, I knew it was going to see before I even looked up.

There the imp was, its ugly little scrunched face peering in the window at me as its long fingernails scratched the glass.

I am not going to be hunted by this thing.

Slamming a book closed, I stood up, grabbed my coat, and raced for the door.

The librarian looked up in surprise but didn’t make any comments as I tore past her.

Outside, snow had begun to fall again. I tore around the building just in time to see the imp loping into the woods.

“Oh, not this time, you little sucker.” I took off after it, my feet pounding in the snow.

It was fast, but this time there weren’t any sheer cliffs to go up to escape me—I knew that for sure because I had hiked in those woods several times. This time, I was going to catch this thing and take it back to Ms. Gayle, both to prove that it existed and so she could show me how to kill it.

Under the trees in the forest, though, it was even darker than on campus.

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