"I want to kiss you."

These thoughts were still going through her mind when she heard him question, "What are you doing in the library?"

Ave's eyes snapped up at him at the same time she saw his gaze slowly shifting towards the book she had dropped earlier. Though she had no idea what the book was and whether it was the one she was looking for, she didn't want him to see it. Thus, to distract him, she moved closer to him, completely blocking his view of the book as she plastered a smile on her face and said,

"I... I came here to look for the novels Princess Thalia said she'd given to you!" she said almost quickly, recalling that the princess had mentioned she'd brought her the novels she'd asked for that day, and Zane had taken them to the library. She began to slowly edge away from the direction where she'd dropped the book and made her way to the side Lucian had walked out of, and to her relief, he was following behind her.