CHAPTER 49: RED BOOK OF SECRETS

SERAPHINA’S POV:

Finally, I have a peaceful moment to myself after running into countless unavoidable and dramatic situations all week.

The library is the perfect place to spend free periods, and on days like this, I’m grateful for the gaps in my schedule, especially when they fall on days when I really need them.

I haven’t been able to read that mysterious book I swiped from Artemis’ room - a chance hasn’t presented itself. From the moment I took it, I was attacked, partially traumatized and thrown into election activities before being threatened and subjected to those assholes at lunch.

Not a moment was given to even wonder about its contents, but now I can.

I find the perfect and least populated area far in the back, behind heaps of shelves in a section least explored. The thick red book weighs heavily in my hands while I sit on the floor, folding my legs to myself and rubbing my palms together with anticipation.

I either realize there’s nothing special about it, or that the words