“There wasn’t much to choose from,” Rita mumbled in response to the comment about her backpack. Had the light been better, one might have been able to see a tinge of redness in her face.

She followed the man inside, pointing the flashlight around to make sure the coast was clear. Although… after last night, she knew she couldn’t trust her eyes alone.

… And sure enough, she could hear it. That eerie rattling sound... there was no source that she could see, but Rita knew what it indicated. When Skulduggery asked if she heard it, she knew it couldn’t be her imagination. That thing was near, and it was surely going to come after them again. “No way…” she hissed, tightening her grip on her flashlight. “I am not doing this again!”

She took off for the Library door, readying her sword whip in case she needed to tear through another wall of hair to get through it. But as the door came into sight, there was no sign of the monster from last night. Nothing but that sound. Rita wasn’t going to let that opportunity slip away; she immediately threw herself at the door, which opened easily, allowing her to dive safely into the Library.

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