New Owner

"Briseis, what is that?" Shawna asked as her eyes widened.

Briseis pointed his flashlight in different directions to find who was and where is the sound is coming from, but they found nothing strange.

"Briseis," Marissa called tearfully. "The sound is getting closer to us."

Briseis thought the guard might be inside the library, so she turned off the flashlight.

Shawna hit her.

"Why did you turned off the light???" Shawna asked hysterically to Briseis.

"Shut up, the guard might be here," she said. "Does the boy is not calling yet?"

Marissa checked her phone.

"No," Marissa said and immediately turned off the cellphone because the light of her cellphone might get the guard's attention.

They heard heavy breathing.

"Slow down your breathing," Marissa said to her companion. "Your breathing is even stronger than my whispered."

"Tell it to Briseis," Shawna said. "She is the one who's so strict to us not to make any noises, but now she is breathing too loud."

"What are you saying?" Briseis asked. "I thought it was you two because I could hear it at my back."

The three women were stopped when they realized that the heavy breathing was not coming from them.

Briseis immediately opened the flashlight she was holding and bravely pointed the light at the back.

The light hit back at her because of its reflection that hit the glass. The breath suddenly stopped.

"The book," Briseis said as she saw the glass box containing the book that they were searching for earlier.

The two other girls look at the back and saw the book inside the glass.

"How did the book get there?" Marissa asked. "That book was not there earlier."

"It doesn't matter anymore," Briseis said. "Come and help me open the lock."

"I'll take care of that," Shawna said and took the pin in her hair then inserted it into the open lock.

Later, Shawna opened it. Briseis immediately removed the padlock and opened the glass box. After that, she took the book from it.

The three of them smiled.

Briseis had already hidden the book in her small bag.

"Let's go," she said to her companions.

They immediately found their way out.

"Did you get it?" Seven asked the girls.

"Yes," Shawna replied. "You guys should be the one to do that. It's scary inside the library."

"What's scary there?" Seven asked Shawna. "You're so coward."

"Really?" Shawna sighed. "You can't even do your job right. What are you doing here? You didn't call us when the guard came in."

"Don't be a fool and accuse of something that did not happen," said Seven. "What guard are you talking about? Bret and I have been here all the time. We'll probably call you right away if we see that the guard is coming here.

Shawna looked at Marissa.

"But earlier, there was someone inside," Marissa told them.

"A person?" Bret asked. "We're the only people here. The library was even locked when we came here, wasn't it?"

The three women were surrounded by fear when they heard what Bret had just said.

"We are not lying," Shawna said. "There is really a person earlier inside. We don't know who it was since we can't see where he is but never mind. Let's go home."

"Wait, who will take home the book?" Briseis asked her companions.

"Why don't you bring it home?." said Marissa to Briseis. "It's already in your bag."

"I'll be the one to bring that book home," Shawna said to them. "After all, the place where our ritual is going to happen is close to our house."

Briseis took the book out of the bag and handed it to Shawna.

"Take care of that," Briseis reminded. "Don't even show it to your family. We're the only ones who should know this secret."

"Yeah, I know," Shawna said and hid it in her bag.

"Lock the library door," Marissa said.

Bret approached and locked the door again.

They walked away from there and jumped over the school fence.

"Is that book effective?" Seven asked his companions.

"Of course," Briseis said. "Isn't it, and it's even been reported."

"Yeah," Shawna said. I did some research there as well. Just do what the book says, and it will give you what you want."

"But why did our principal just lock the book in the library instead of using it personally."

"I don't know," Shawna said. "Maybe he doesn't know how to use it."

"I'm sure tomorrow there will be trouble at our school," said Briseis. "No one will admit it do you understand? Let's bury this secret in the pit. We don't know the truth. We don't know it. We never go to the library earlier."

"Don't worry," Bret said to Briseis. "We know the consequences of what we did, and we will all fall when someone admits it."

"Good then," Briseis said.

"When are we going to do the ritual?" Marissa asked.

"On the full moon," Briseis said. "When is the next full moon?"

"At the end of the month!" ani ni Shawna.

"There is no turning back," Briseis said. "If you don't want to, you should tell me in advance because even without you, I will do it."

"Of course not anymore," Seven said. "Don't we all have an agreement? The first to speak and the first to retreat is."

Seven pointed his thumb at his neck and then turned it around as if scratching himself.

After that conversation, they parted apart to go home.

Briseis opened the small house that stood on the side of the river full of garbage. This is the residence of her family.

It has one small bedroom and a small bathroom.

She dropped his bag on the pallet and peered into their room. There she saw her sleeping brother and her mother peering out the bedroom window.

It is already late at night, but her mother is still awake. She is sure that her mother is waiting for her. It became her mother's habits.

"Mom," she called to it. "Why are you still awake?"