Excerpt: Shadowlite

The little girl lay huddled on the floor; a huge oversized cape was over her small body. It was horribly cold up here in the High Library, and she was glad she had taken the cape. When they say High Library, she never thought that they really meant it was located in the highest level of the highest tower, on the highest mountain. It was also very dark, and very dusty. Most of the books and scrolls here have probably not been touched by anyone since they last put it here. It felt like a very well organized junkyard. Things get labeled and stored with care, only to be left behind forever. She wondered why no one was allowed up here. All these wonderful stories just locked up to be forgotten.