Seamus didn't have time to keep lamenting how weak and ignorant he was about what happened inside this very house. He needed answers, and that meant finding Madeline.
According to Isolde, she was always in the library on the third floor—the one with the glass dome roof where you could see the night sky and stars.
Normally, he might have appreciated the view, but that wasn't important right now.
His breath was ragged by the time he reached the door and pushed it open. The library was vast, with two floors and a circular staircase on the left leading to the upper level.
"Madeline! Where are you!" he shouted, scanning the aisles. "I know you're here! Show yourself!"
Silence.
The library was empty.
"Fuck!" He stomped on the circular tile in the center of the room, the one marked with the image of a giant black snake.
The tile shifted beneath his feet. Startled, he stumbled back. Around him, the bookcases began to transform, their brown teak wood darkening to black.
