Guardian of Secrets by Brenda Drake

Author:Brenda Drake [Drake, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Rick Riordan, The Scorpio Races, harry potter, Magic, forbidden romance, Maggie Stiefvater, Libraries
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-02-07T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

The library in Branford was buzzing with small kids. With Saturday came Christmas art projects and story time for them, and there was no way to keep them all quiet. A stack of books sat on the table beside me. Researching artifacts in the libraries around the world made my eyes cross. I covered my ears to block out the noise around me. Since recovering the crown from the man I pinned with my sword in the Riccardiana Library, we had to find only three more Chiavi.

“Could there be any more cherubs in the world?” Nick groaned.

“They’re putti, and the singular is putto,” I said. “Maybe we should just call them cherubs. When you say putties, it just sounds so wrong. Like something you do in the bathroom.”

He shook his head at me. “This blows. We could be at the shopping mall, people watching or pigging out on pretzels. There are millions of cherubs in the libraries. We’ll never find the right one.”

It did seem as if all ancient artwork depicted putti. We just hadn’t come across one that could “see farther than the rest,” whatever that meant. I assumed it probably had glasses, a magnifying glass, or something else that aided sight. Our search on the internet hadn’t come up with any putti fitting our criteria.

“Oh, we didn’t search for a telescope,” I said.

“On it.” Nick tapped the screen of his phone.

Miss Bagley walked up in flats and dress pants. She looked tired. “How’s it coming?” she asked.

“We haven’t found anything,” I said.

Her lips pressed into a straight line of disappointment. “That won’t do at all. Keep searching.”

Nick slumped over the book. “For how long?”

“Another hour. I’ll check back in a few.” She glowered at two kids chasing each other in the lobby. “There’s no running in the library.” She rushed after them.

Maira, a volunteer at the library, sidestepped to our table and pretended not to speak to us as she darted glances over her shoulder. “Don’t look at me. I’ll get in trouble if I talk to you. Miss Bagley is a very strange librarian. Children annoy her, and she hasn’t even read Jane Austen.”

Look who was calling the kettle black. Poor Maira, though. I wanted to tell her that her suspicions were right. Miss Bagley wasn’t a real librarian. The part about Miss Bagley not liking kids comforted me in a way, though. If she and Pop got married, then maybe they wouldn’t have any. With Miss Bagley distracted, I decided it would be a great opportunity to hunt the library records for any information on the Proctors of Branford. Nana needed a full name of the witch buried in the woods to search the Witch Registry.

I reached into my messenger bag and took out the book Mrs. Ripples had handed out in class. “Maira, do you know if there’s any information about the witches in Branford? The ones mentioned in this book? Actually, I’m not interested in the witches in this book, but the earlier ones.

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