Chapter 23
Sarah had a plan. It was a good plan, deceptively simple, so simple Kenneth Hempel wouldn’t notice or even suspect he was being hoodwinked. Sarah, Jennifer, and Olivia were going to help James make it into the library while exposing him to as little sun as possible. The sun couldn’t be completely avoided, it was James in the light Hempel wanted to see, but they could keep him out of it as long as possible. Jennifer offered to cast a spell so the heat wouldn’t hurt him, but James said no, he would do this on his own. He could stand a lot, he reminded them. But they were still determined to see him through his mission.
Olivia suggested using the keys to let him inside the library before dawn. “We can hide him in his office until Hempel arrives.”
“No,” said Sarah. “Hempel will b
