Chapter 20- The 3 Rules of the Book

Damien mind was absolutely void and different thought running through his mind, now that his best friend was suddenly missing, he couldn't wrap his head around what was going on, he decided to tell Principal K about the disturbing issue that night, but she wasn't in the office at the moment, which was quite weird to him, he had a little scent that something different is up, because she never leaves her seat , he called Elizabeth immediately the sky hit dawn, and told her everything that happened last night 'and within the twinkle of an eye, he was gone', Damien concluded the story to Elizabeth, they searched for Brian throughout the whole school, they also asked other students about his whereabouts but to no avail, even the Sagittarius girls where no more in the school, Damien was restless and confused, he wondered why must it be him, he laid flat on his bed after a long day looking for Brian and tears almost rolling out from his brown eyes down to his checks, just then he remembered what Cassandra ghost said in his vison, that the demon is in him grooming and growing for its last unleash.

"You seemed to have play along all this while with him, right?", a voice said from the background which sounded so much like Principal K voice, Brian sat across her with a blindfold over his eyes but he knew the voice so well, "Mrs. Maureen,", he said, "that's just the name darling, you've been a good ally to me and you can't back down now no matter the circumstances, our deal is still on', she said with a smile growing on her face, "I know the deal is still, but that's the need of the kidnapping", Brian flatly asked, "the red moon will approach, and that's our day", she said as she stared at Brian. Damien's mind was still worried as Brian was gone and vanished without a single trace, and the Sagittarius girls had disappeared like shadows at dawn. Even Principal K's office stood empty, her absence was like a silent taunt. He collapsed on his bed, fists clenched, the weight of Cassandra's warning crushing him: The demon is in him, growing.

With a shuddering breath, he grabbed The Blood Prophecy book and tore through its pages. The answers had to be here, just then he came across something so new, like the book had just been written just now. This time around, it wasn't a prophecy or a story or spells and magic incantation; it was the three rules of the book. Damien's breath hitched as his fingers hovered over the page. Then, like a whisper from the book itself, his fingers froze on a section he'd never seen before. The ink was fresh, glistening as if written in blood:

THE 3 RULES OF THE BOOK

Damien's pulse spiked. Beneath the title, only Rule 1 was revealed:

Rule 1: The book must never leave the hands of its chosen heir, or the heir dies with it.

A cold dread slithered down his spine. 'Chosen heir,' he repeated. That was him. "But where are the other rules?", Damien asked himself, "And why had the book hidden them until now?", he thought. As if in answer, the page trembled. The words blurred, then dissolved into a new sentence, one that made his blood run colder than the night Brian suddenly disappeared.