138 Why are you resisting?

"What?" I take a long stride toward him, grabbing his sleeve as I look back. A woman -- who looks exactly like the old librarian -- is standing there with a straight face. She stares hard at the book in Killian's hands.

He puts the book back where it was. "If you stay here for too long, you will become a demon."

The old librarian opens her mouth wide. A gurgling sound comes out of her hole. Killian grasps my wrist and drags me away.

The old librarian is sitting on her desk. She doesn't even glance at us when we leave the library. 

"There are ghosts who mirror people," He explains to me, "That one usually mirrors the librarian while feeding on her life energy. That old woman doesn't have long."

I take a deep breath. A real fucking ghost is in the library. Let me just digest that first.

"You are in an awakening state," Killian continues nonchalantly as we enter a lab. "It's a perfect time for some creatures to come and steal your magic."