Alex felt more uncomfortable than ever in this dilapidated old tomb. The second passage in the tome had been much more unpleasant than the first, and it made her wonder if anything like the tale told could actually be real. She closed the book again, wondering how many chapters were hidden in the study. Opening the book again, she flipped to the end of the second chapter, then looked at the next page to see that the third chapter page was indeed missing, torn out and leaving a small trail of shredded paper in the center of the page. She had to find that page. The book seemed boring, uninteresting and pointless without the beginning of each chapter. She couldn't even remember being able to read Latin before.

She noticed that it seemed lighter in the study than before. Looking over to the table on her right, she noticed that the three candles on it were lit in the same way that they had been in the book. She walked over, and saw that there was even a sun symbol over it. The sun was setting on the left side of the picture. That meant that she would have to leave the left candle on only.

She blew out the right and middle ones, and the door in the cabinet below slid open. Inside, there was a glowing chapter page. At first she thought was on fire, but it quickly stopped shimmering when she slipped it gently into its place at the beginning of chapter three. It all hit her very quickly, and she was now ready to venture further into the very unpleasant tale.