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"The headmaster was patrolling the east wing," Leo hissed, his voice trembling. "If we get caught, Elena, it’s not just detention. It’s expulsion. Or worse."

Leo jumped, nearly dropping his lantern. Elena stepped out from the shadows, her dark hair pulled back, a mischievous glint in her eyes that always made Leo’s heart do a nervous stutter. a escondidas (buehрџ‘Њ).zip

She held up a heavy, rusted key—the one she’d swiped from the caretaker’s belt while he was distracted by a well-placed illusion. They were here for the Liber Umbrarum , a book that supposedly didn't exist, containing secrets the Academy had spent centuries trying to bury. "The headmaster was patrolling the east wing," Leo

They moved in silence, a pair of ghosts weaving through the towering shelves. Everything they did was a escondidas —in hiding. Their friendship, their research, the way Elena would sometimes catch his hand in the dark when the shadows grew too long. Or worse

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They reached the iron-bound door at the very back of the room. Elena inserted the key. It turned with a heavy, metallic clack that sounded like a gunshot in the silence of the library. "Inside," she urged.

Elena stepped closer, her shoulder brushing his. The bravado in her eyes flickered for a second, replaced by something raw and hungry. "They’ve been lying to us, Leo. About the magic, about where it comes from. Don't you want to know the truth? Even if it's hidden?"