Miskatonic University was vacant that evening. And what was even stranger, the front door of the university's library was locked. The sign behind the glass had been flipped to ‘library closed.’ Tess had looked up the hours on her phone when she saw the closed sign. It should be open.

A murder of crows squawked at her briefly, breaking her thoughts. She was concerned about the unannounced closing. Her mom had given her the access code to the employees only side door, and she was certain Dr. Armitage wouldn't mind her coming in from there, but she wanted to wait on Titus.

She ran a hand through her hair and set her backpack down on the stone edge of the flowerbed next to her. The book bag was heavy, but even after removing it, she still felt like there was a weight on he...

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