Dominic opened the book and as he suspected, the words weren't easy for him to read. He was able to recognize some though and slowly, they pieced themselves together for him.
“Are you going to tell me what it says?" Alexa asked. She was very impatient and had been staring down his neck for the past ten minutes.
“You know Lex", he began in a teasing voice, “the whole point of the test is to determine the ruler's patience and wisdom, key word, patience".
She stuck out her tongue at him and he just laughed and went back to deciphering the book.
“Seriously though Dominic, what does it say?" Alexa asked.
Dominic looked up from the book to stare at her. Her face had transformed into her adorable pouty face again.
“So far, it doesn't say anything important. Just the usual history of t
