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.

I blinked away the spots dancing across my vision, refocusing my eyes on the yellowed pages in

I flipped through the pages. "What the hell

"Nina? Everything okay?"

door with my heart in my throat. My brother leaned

"Tyler-1-"

then, finally, the words poured

he furrowed his brow and sat down on the edge of the bed beside me, where

do you think happened?" he

flipping through

"Have you tried decoding it

my eyes wide, I quickly pointed at my desk, where the decoding sheet was sitting. "Quickly!" I breathed. "Let's try before... whatever this magic

didn't need to tell Tyler twice. He quickly jumped up and grabbed the sheet, handing it to

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

felt as if it had allowed us

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