"We are here. Now we have to find a way how to come in." said Murtagh and pointed at the tower in front of them when they finally came in the town.
"You mean your stupid books are in there?" she rolled her eyes "Come on, we've been traveling for last four hours. You can do that later."
"No, this can't wait. There are many books about magic in this tower. Maybe we can find a way to make our lives better." said Murtagh.
"So there are like million books and you want to find a spell or something…you won't be done in years." she laughed.
"That's why you will help me." he said.
"Why do you think I would like to help you? I have better things to do than read books about magic." said Leonor and looked at him.
"The books are not all about magic. There are many other interesting things." he smiled.
"How do you know that?" she asked surprised.
"I was here before, but wasn't really sure for what I was looking for." said Murtagh.
"Ok, now I'm curious. How many people do we have to kill to get in?" asked Leonor.
"Well, the room with books is locked all the time and no one enters. Six soldiers keep the door. But I think that we can come in using magic." said Murtagh, looking at the tower.
"Maybe you can…but what about me?" asked Leonor, confused.
"I will go first and then get you, I can do that." said Murtagh and looked at her.
"Wait…if you can do that…get to another place with using magic…why didn't you use it before?" Leonor looked at him.
"Because it takes too much energy. Double energy to hide it from other magicians." said Murtagh.
"Then why to do it now? Isn't it dangerous?" Leonor was surprised.
"Yes, a little bit. But more dangerous would be that we kill guards and Galbatorix finds out someone was here." said Murtagh "We have to hurry."
"Ok." said Leonor. Murtagh whispered some words in ancient language that Leonor couldn't understand and in few moments he disappeared. Leonor looked around surprised and felt something taking over her body. She saw lots of light and then Murtagh in the room full of books.
"Wow. You did it." she said quietly. He smiled at her while trying to catch his breath.
"Are you ok?" asked Leonor because she saw him shaking. He closed his eyes for a moment.
"I will be fine." he whispered "Start looking."
She sat down on the floor. Books were everywhere in the room. Leonor just took the first one she saw. It was small and yellow. The first page of the book was about some historical events and Leonor put the book down. Time was passing by very fast and she checked already twenty books, but didn't find anything interesting.
"This is boring." she said quietly and opened another book. Leonor was very surprised when she realized that the pages of the book are empty. She looked again at the first page and saw the title: The book of secrets.
"Why is this book empty?" asked Leonor and showed the book to Murtagh.
"It's not empty." he smiled at her.
"But there is nothing written on these pages." she said surprised and opened few pages.
"Maybe you can't see it…but I can." he said and took the book from her hands.
"What? You can see something?" she looked at him.
"Yes. It's the book of the secrets and you can read it only using magic. This book would be very dangerous if anyone could read it." he smiled.
"So what does it say?" asked Leonor.
"I can't tell you. It's too dangerous." he said and closed the book.
"Oh, come on!" she said "It can't be so dangerous."
He didn't say anything, put the book back on the floor and took another one. Leonor rolled her eyes and went back on the other side of the room. Suddenly she felt some weird energy coming from one of the books. She slowly took it in her hand and its pink mark became black and red.
"What is this?" said Leonor trying to open the book. It seemed to be locked with something but she couldn't see with what. Murtagh came behind her back.
"It is protected with magic." said Murtagh looking at the book "Weird magic…"
"Dark magic?" asked Leonor and looked at Murtagh. Suddenly the book opened. Leonor looked at page. In the middle of the page was written: Passion.
"No, it's not dark magic." said Murtagh and came closer to see what it says "Oh."
"How did it…open? What does this mean?" asked Leonor.
"It's a strange book. It probably opens when you think or see something connected with it." said Murtagh "What did you do before it opened?"
"I looked at you." she said "And then it opened on this page."
"Well I told you it has to be something connected with it. It's a book about love and things like that." Murtagh laughed.
"Oh, so that means…well, interesting." smiled Leonor and looked again at the book. Another page opened. This time the page was blank.
"Ok…what now?" asked Leonor surprised, looking at the page.
"That book can be very complicated to understand. Sometimes it shows how you feel about somebody and sometimes tells just lies or nothing. If your mind is too confused, then the book will be too. That's why people didn't like it and put it here. It can also be dangerous." said Murtagh and tried to close the book. It just opened another page. It was written: Red rose. Leonor looked at Murtagh and then book closed very fast.
"Interesting." she said "Are there more books like this one?"
"Just keep looking for a book with Galbatorix's name in it, we don't have time for fun." said Murtagh and took another book.
"Ok, ok." said Leonor and took one big brown book. It was a book about not so known historical events. She checked few pages and then she saw something interesting. First she looked at Murtagh. When she was sure he is not looking at her, she slowly ripped the page out of the book and hid it under her clothes.
"We have to go." said Murtagh "I checked most of the books and there is nothing that could be helpful."
"Ok." said Leonor and got away from the books "Then get us out of here." Murtagh looked at her and she felt again the energy and saw the light that made her close her eyes. When she opened her eyes again, she was standing on the meadow outside the town. In few moments Murtagh appeared next to her. He looked at her and then fell down on the ground, unconscious. Leonor looked at him, shocked.
"Leonor." said someone behind her back. She turned her head.
"You." she whispered "What do you want?"
"Don't be like that, Leonor. Let him there and come with me." said the person.
"No." said Leonor quietly "I can't."
"How you mean you can't? You have to! It's the only way to get away from Galbatorix. I can save you." said the person.
"What about him?" asked Leonor, pointing her finger at Murtagh.
"He won't get you. We can go now and by the time he wakes up, we will be far from here." said the person and got closer to Leonor.
"No!" yelled Leonor "If I go with you, Galbatorix will find us sooner or later and kill us both!"
"Leonor, we are strong together, stronger than Galbatorix. He will never get us." said the person.
"I'm sorry, I can't." said Leonor and tears started to run down her face.
"Why not? Are you so afraid of Galbatorix?" asked the person.
"I just look for what is better for me. And at the moment, I'm safer on Galbatorix's side." she said quietly.
"You want to stay with him?" asked the person and looked at Murtagh "We could actually solve half of the problem if we kill him now."
"It's not about him. Actually he is much stronger than you and he can protect me better." she said.
"Leonor, don't be stupid. You can't miss this chance." said the person.
"I'm still angry on you." she whispered in cold voice and pointed her sword at the person "Go away! I don't need your help!"
"You will regret this…and there won't be another chance." said the person "Goodbye."
Leonor put down her sword and looked at Murtagh who was still unconscious on the ground. She slowly removed his dark hair from his face. He finally opened his eyes, looking at her little bit confused.
"Someone attacked me…" he said quietly, trying to catch his breath.
"I know." she said, taking a deep breath.
"Who?" he looked deep into her eyes.
"It was…" she whispered and looked away.