Dance With A Vampire for Chapter 14

I opened my mouth to speak, but no words came out. I turned around. "I told you to stay outside on the sidewalk, " my boyfriend scolded. "Was that you?" "Was what me?" "That bat?" "What bat?" Alexander plucked a few twigs out of my hair and shirt, which I now knew he could easily see in the dark, and grabbed my hand. "Let's get your brother, " he instructed softly. As Alexander led me back through the woods, I glanced up at the moon, wondering what, or maybe who, I'd just seen. 4 Library from Hell Dullsville's library was a freestanding two-story brick building with white colonial columns, built in the late nineteenth century. My favorite memories of visiting the library were during Halloween. The librarians did their best to make it scary and fun. They'd decorate the shelves with cobwebs, dangle plastic spiders from computers, and place "terrorific" authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, and Mary Shelley on display. I'd be greeted at the door by a witch and later check out a book from a werewolf. However, today wasn't Halloween and I was going to be checking out more than literature. Alexander and I breezed through the automatic doors and past the "Used Books" drop box, the table of upcoming events, a cart of returned books, and the circular information desk. We cased every aisle to see if Valentine might be hiding behind one. The library was empty of its regular and visiting readers, but a few Math Club family members were biding their time surfing the Internet. Alexander and I searched the fiction aisles and then wandered through the DVD and CD section. A few siblings were hanging out in the teen section. Valentine wasn't around, and neither was Billy Boy. A young woman with a checkered sweater and jeans was restocking books. "May I help you?" she inquired. "Can you tell me where the Math Club is having their party?" I asked. She pointed to the stairwell and adjacent elevator. "Lower level, behind children's literature, in the conference room. "