My blood went cold as I heard her words.
"They mind-trapped me, then used me to open the book to retrieve its secret... right under my nose," I said, my hand paused on a page. Mind trapping.
I flipped to the next page and saw the reverse. My hand trailed on the strange words. Just then, the spirit of the book rose up from the book.
"Princess," he said with a curtsey.
"Read out these words for me," I said, trailing my finger on the page.
The book spirit paused, staring at me. He shook his head.
"What’s the problem?" I asked.
"You have to read it yourself," Philipa said, the spirit nodding in agreement.
"That’s it? How do I read it then? I don’t understand the language," I said. Immediately, the foreign language changed to English, and the words I saw scared me.
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