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"It’s not meant to stand out," said Melina "You aren’t supposed to notice it at all"

"They’re doing a poor job of keeping it hidden, then," said Enoch

"As I said, it’s not usually covered in ice"

"What do you think happened here?" I asked

"Nothing good," said Millard "Nothing good at all"

There was no question we’d have to get closer and explore, but that didn’tback and watched from a distance People came and went Someone tried the door but it was frozen shut The crowd thinned a bit

"Tick, tick, tick," said Enoch "We’re wasting tih as left of the crowd and stepped onto the icy sidewalk The building emanated cold, and we shivered and jaainst it Bronwyn used her strength to pull open the door, and it ca--but the hallway it let onto was completely obstructed by ice It stretched fro in a blue and cloudy blur The same was true of the s: I wiped the frost froh both I could see only ice It was as if a glacier was being born soues were squeezing out wherever there was an opening

We tried every e could think of to get inside We rounded the building looking for a door orthat wasn’t blocked, but every potential entrance was filled with ice We picked up stones and loose bricks and tried hacking at the ice, but it was al no more than a few inches into it Millard scanned the Tales for any , no secrets to be found

Finally, we decided to take a calculated risk We formed a semicircle around Emma to block her froainst the ice wall that filled the hallway After adown to puddle around our feet But the progress was painfully slow, and after five otten up to her elbows

"At this rate, it’ll take the rest of the week just to get down the hall," she said, pulling her arms from the ice

"Do you think Miss Wren could really be inside?" said Bronwyn

"She has to be," Eion of opti," said Enoch "If Miss Wren is in there, then she’s frozen solid"

Eloom! Ruin and ruination! I think you’d be happy if the world came to an end tomorrow, just so you could say I told you so!"

Enoch blinked at her, surprised, then said very calmly, "You may choose to live in a world of fantasy if you like, my dear, but I am a realist"

"If you ever offered ave a single useful suggestion during a crisis, rather than just shrugging your shoulders at the prospect of failure and death, Iblack !" Enoch interjected "What could I possibly suggest?"

"There’s one thing we haven’t tried," Olive said, piping up froroup

"And what’s that?" asked E the sidewalk, she went into the crowd, turned to face the building, and called at the top of her lungs, "Hello, Miss Wren! If you’re in there, please come out! We need your--"

Before she could finish, Bronwyn had tackled her, and the rest of Olive’s sentence was delivered into the big girl’s ar Olive back to us under her aret us all found out!"

She set Olive on the sidewalk and was about to chastise her further when tears began streairl’s face "What does it matter if we’re found out?" Olive said "If we can’t find Miss Wren and we can’t save Miss Peregrine, what does it ht now?"