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.

the pages now to

and unless it was the effects of a lack of sleep playing

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

right? Was it really a case

it

Enzo was safe for now, at least, as was Matt. I supposed that in the meantime, I could lose myself in the strange

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

my room at this hour. An update on Enzo,

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

said.

"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

away before letting him in. I could feel the way that

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