They were all sitting at the round dining room table in Jeremy’s house and trying to make sense of the clues they’d amassed, Meer’s memories and information Sebastian was looking up in books from Jeremy’s library and on the Internet. “You mentioned a staircase in the Society,” Malachai said. “Where did it go?” “It was a hidden staircase that led to an underground vault,” Meer said. “I think Caspar must have told Margaux where it was because she knew where to find it, but the flute wasn’t there.” Talking about the memories now—with some distance from when she’d experienced them—was easier than she’d expected. This was like recounting a scene from a movie or a chapter she’d read in a book. “I wonder if it’s still there? I never heard about a hidden staircase,” Sebastian said curiously. “But I haven’t been a member that long. Where in the building was the staircase?” Meer closed her eyes and concentrated. “Inside a closet in what I think must have been a library.”
