146 Let me go

They sat down at a large table at a far corner of the library because Zara wanted their research to be as secretive as possible. Zara walked towards the librarian, an old lady with monocles, to fetch some books. She was a good student so the librarian gave her the permission to browse through most of the books, that other students weren't given a chance to even ask for.

Fifteen minutes later, she returned back with a bunch of dog-eared books and handed them one each. "What are we supposed to do with these clunky dead weights, hit each other?" asked Veronica who was horrified to see the massive old volumes of English literature and poems scattered on the table.

Zara silenced her by asking her to lower the voice, "I need all information that we can on Arrog. Alice's knowledge of her father is limited to his basic qualities; so I need something solid to impress him."