Chapter 0763

Nina

I stared down at the book in front of me, my breath catching in my throat as the strange blue glow intensified. The moonstone in my hand glowed as well, its light almost seeming to pulse in tandem with that of the book.

"What the hell?" I muttered, reaching out to touch the book.

Gasping softly, I quickly recoiled my hand when, upon my fingers grazing the leather, a small electric shock lightly touched my fingers. With my eyes wide, I looked down at my hand-unharmed, but still almost fizzling with that strange energy.

There was magic here.

The realization struck me then: maybe this moonstone, somehow, was a key to finally decoding this book. Drawing in a shuddering breath, I tightened my grip around the still-glowing moonstone, feeling its warmth melt into my palm. Then, before I could second-guess myself, I pressed the crystal down onto the open pages and watched in fascination as the glow flared brilliantly.

For an endless, breathless moment, the room was consumed in a blinding light that stung my eyes and made me grind my teeth.

But then, just when I began to fear I had made some catastrophic mistake, the illumination slowly ebbed away. Both the book and the moonstone stopped glowing; for now, at least.

vision, refocusing my eyes on the yellowed pages in front of me.

I flipped through the pages. "What

"Nina? Everything okay?"

voice, whirling toward the door with my heart in my throat. My brother leaned against the frame, eyeing me with a mixture of concern and confusion as he took in the scene in front

"Tyler-1-"

unsure of where to even begin. But then, finally, the words

down on the edge of the bed

you

still flipping through the

"Have you

where the decoding sheet was sitting. "Quickly!" I breathed. "Let's try before... whatever this magic

tell Tyler twice. He quickly jumped up

together, over the following hours,

though, somehow, whatever had happened between the book and the moonstone had pulled the magic out of the book or maybe it had... calmed it,

the book seemed placated for now. It felt as if it had allowed us entry, like the moonstone was the key

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