Chapter 34 – Connections
"This is not good..." Quincy said, watching me walk up and down in the common room. It was already close to midnight, and only we remained there as if we were the only people in the castle.
"No, it is bloody not!" I hissed through gritted teeth, looking out the giant glass wall into the lake's deep waters. As our common room was underwater, deep beneath the castle, it was like looking into a different world.
"Plans?" She asked, biting onto her thumb, fidgeting in her seat, her leg moving up and down constantly like she had some kind of seizure.
"None yet." I replied, "But we may already be in trouble; they just yet to act! If the school is what I heard behind the scenes it is, then I am pretty sure they read all the letters going in and out! Opening all the packages! Checking everything!"
"And we used the owls a lot..."
"Precisely... damn it!" I cursed, stomping on the floor, feeling extremely frustrated.
"Should we... stop?"
"We are already too deep; even if we stop, we are going to be... in deep trouble."
"They may not even know about it, Conrad!" She stood up, walked next to me, and got ahold of my right hand. She hesitated only for a moment before hugging it and pulling me closer. "Take a deep breath! Calm down!"
"They may be waiting for us to find it...." I whispered, letting my nerves calm down somewhat. Her touch was like a magic trick, making my thoughts reorganize themselves quickly. I started going through all the times we screwed up with this, and then it hit me. My Father's words... "Trust the Headmaster."
"Hm?" Quincy looked at me, tilting her head to the right.