I was lost. I finally accepted it after running in circles for the fifth time, arriving at the same spot.
I had marked the long tree—because that seemed to be the best adjective for the tallest tree I've seen in my life—after the second attempt had landed me right at its feet.
What am I getting wrong?
I looked around the dark forest--which once would have drowned me in fear, but now seemed mysterious to me--and I wondered where I had gone wrong.
I had followed the area Rachel and her brother had led us through hours ago. I had stopped at the landmarks I saw then, so why wasn't I seeing a wall? Why weren't I seeing the caves? Was I missing something?
Was it because I came from a party? Was there some code to this thing?
'El, you gotta help me. What do I do?'
'You want me to locate the secret library?'
I rolled my eyes. 'Of course. Can you do that?'
Please, know how to do that. For someone or something capable of much magic, surely locating a simple library was no task.
