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[color=7ea7d8]The library was indeed still closed when Jim and Creed approached, though most in the town knew the father and daughter pair that maintained the shelves often worked outside the actual hour of operation. The bolted lock switched back with a click as the door handled turned, Aleksander's half conscious expression faded to one of surprise as he registered that the young man before him was the same young boy that had been a dear friend of his daughter's.[/color]

"Creed? Is, is that really you?" [color=7ea7d8]The man was shocked, truly shocked. 

Within the shop, Melissa came around a corner with a cup of coffee in one hand and a few books in the other. [i]Creed[/i]? She couldn't have heard the name correctly. Creed was dead, just like his sister Molly. The creature had been greedy that year and took them both from her life. She stood almost as still as a statue, certain that this was a dream or that her father had been mistaken. She couldn't see past his broad frame and the solid entry door just yet.[/color]

[@Kenshi]