Chapter 0748

I would have laughed, had there been any humor left in me after everything that had happened. But I just snorted instead.

"How very optimistic of you."

After flipping through a few more pages to discover that there was still nothing indicating a decipherable language, I started to grow frustrated. With a huff, I sat up, snapped the book shut, and tossed it onto the floor.

It was as I sat there afterwards that I saw it.

The book had begun to glow. The air around it was turning a soft blue color that seemed to be emanating out of the very pages themselves.

A soft gasp escaped my lips. Without hesitating, I quickly leaped off of the bed and lunged for the book, wondering if it would somehow be readable if I opened it.

But unfortunately, as soon as my hand touched it, the glow dissipated. When I opened the book again, it was written in the same coded alphabet as before.

through the pages now to no avail. "What even

answer; we had both seen it glow, and unless it was the effects of a lack of sleep playing tricks on my mind, then it was certainly real. One thing was for

the bed, still holding the strange book in my hands. The sun had already begun to crest over the horizon, and I hadn't slept a wink since Enzo's episode in the infirmary. The book may have been an intriguing distraction, but there

right? Was it really a case of

was it something...

my eyes as I looked down at my book. Just as the doctor had said, only time would tell. Enzo was safe for now, at least, as was Matt. I supposed that in the meantime, I could lose myself in

the book back open to give it another go for the millionth time, there was a soft knock on

who could be visiting my room at

door creaked open, and a moment later, Tyler's head poked in. He looked groggy, still in his pajamas with his hair tousled from sleep. He had

said. "What's

here," he muttered, rubbing his eyes sleepily. "I wanted to check_" Suddenly, as his gaze landed on the book that I was still holding in my hands, his eyes widened into saucers. Without a word, he bolted into the

letting him in. I could feel the way that

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