Untamed Fate (Magic Side: Wolf Bound 2)

and tightened my fists. She’d already chosen who she wanted protection

from. Who she trusted. And it wasn’t me.

Neve gave Savannah a warm smile. “With the sketch you sent me, the

monster wasn’t hard to track down.”

“What did you learn about it?”

“It’s a noctith demon. Fun fact: they breathe poison gas that puts people

to sleep. They’re classified as a third order demon, though technically,

they’re not really demons…more of a beast native to the Dreamlands.”

“What are the Dreamlands?” Savannah asked, her voice laced with

wonder.

“A realm of dreams, sort of like one of the fae realms but different. Most

of the information is myth and anecdote. The best source is a book written by

a witch, The Grimoire of Nightmares. But when I went to look for it in the

Archive of Bound Tomes, it was gone. Stolen.”

I started to open my mouth, but Savannah beat me to the punch. “The

Archive of Bound Tomes?”

Neve nodded. “It’s the section of our collections where they chain down

particularly malicious and deviant books. Like a prison for knowledge.”

A confused expression crossed Savannah’s face. “Chain down deviant

books? I don’t think I…”

Neve smiled and closed the leatherbound tome. “Books of magic can be

tricky things. If you cram enough spells and secrets and forbidden knowledge

together in one place, sometimes the book will…well, sort of wake up and

take on a personality of its own.”

“But it was stolen?” Savannah shot me an anxious look. “Was it

Kahanov?”

“The moment I discovered the book was missing, I called security and

had them do a facial recognition search for Kahanov between now and the

day he escaped. They got a hit on the cameras in the Archives.”

She held out her phone and hit play on a recording. The video feed