Teaser Tuesday #232

Ed ecco di nuovo la rubrica settimanale Teaser Tuesday, creata dal blog Should Be Reading, che si divide in poche, semplici fasi:
1_ prendi il libro che stai leggendo
2_ apri una pagina a caso
3_ scrivi un breve brano (stando attenti a non spoilerare)
4_ scrivi titolo e autore

"Ruby, Nova, let's start staking out the exits," he said, turning to inspect the staircase that led up to the second floor. Though the stairs were carpeted, in places that carpet had been worn through nearly to the wood steps beneath. "The Librarian or the Detonator might be trying to escape right now."
"Escape?" came a wary, broguish voice. "Have I been witlessly drawn into a trap that must be escaped from?"
Adrian turned to see a man standing in the doorway to the reading room. He had a pointed white beard and scraggly white hair, he wore socks with holes in them and no shoes, his trousers and cardigan were wrinkled and baggy on his slim frame, and his skin was so pale it looked as though he had never met the sun.
Adrian stood strighter. "Are you the Librarian?"
"I am... a librarian."
"Are you Gene Cronin?"
The man peered at him, uncertainty making the corner of his lips twitch, as if he wasn't sure if he was supposed to smile or not. "My granddaughter said there were Renegades who wanted a word with me."
 - Renegades, Marissa Meyer