Tales & Darkness by G. Bailey

Author:G. Bailey [Bailey, G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-30T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“So this is the first magical book,” I say, looking at it on the middle of the table, where we are all stood around. The book has a brown leather casing with the classic good tale symbol on the cover. The symbol is cast in pure silver, but it has gotten a little tarnished over the years, and there is a big crack down the middle of the cat. I run my fingers over the words circling around the symbol, words that I can’t read but suspect are Latin. My Latin classes at Lost Time Academy were lost on me. “Honestly, I was expecting it to look super powerful or something more than this. It looks like it should be at Lost Time Academy with how old and falling apart it is.”

“Same, but it doesn’t matter because we can’t open it,” Knox explains what we have all figured out since coming back here. Mum, dad and even grandmother don’t have a clue how to open it. The book isn’t locked by anything we can see, but every time anyone tries to open it, it just stays shut.

“One minute,” I say, going to my bedroom and getting out Lane from my cabinet drawer. I run back to the living room as mum and dad move to sit on the sofas with grandmother. Warren and Tobias are standing together near the book, Knox and Sin are talking quietly about methods to open said book, and Noah is looking at me as I come to his side and place Lane on the table next to the magical book. I open Lane up, and he appears almost instantly, floating in the grey fog of smoke around him.

“You look pale today. Have you heard of the sun? It’s this big shining thing in the sky, and if you sit out in the sunlight long enough—”

“Lane,” I growl, wishing he would shut up, and he rolls his eyes. I swear I’ve got the sassiest book out of the lot of them. Lane all but gives me a diva tut as I hear everyone else hiding their laughter.

“Yes, your majesty?” he sarcastically replies.

“I need your help,” I reply.

“When do you not? You’d never find your room without me,” he feels the need to say.

“You got me lost on my first day and many times after that,” I point out.

“You are always bringing up the past. Honestly, you need to forget—”

“Is there a point to this conversation with Lane?” Noah asks, sounding very amused. In fact, everyone in the room is chuckling as I look up to glare at them. This is so embarrassing. I feel like Lane is my third parent who loves nothing more than to embarrass me.

“Lane, next to you is the first magical book. We can’t open it,” I tell him. “If we are going to stand a chance of saving our asses from the new threats, we need it open.”

“Of course you can open it,” he replies.

“No, it won’t open,” I tell him.

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