Hey Guys! So here is Chapter 19. Sorry for the late update. I will try to update within the next few days. Enjoy reading :)

Edward was still holding the book as I turned to the first page. I held my breath not sure what to expect. I didn't for one moment think I would be this nervous about reading a book but then again this is just any book. The first page was blank, the second page had a simple yet heartfelt dedication.

To my dearest Elizabeth

You hold my heart wherever you are,

forever

Your Edward

I looked over at Edward as he traced a finger over the words on the page. He had this look of awe and his eyes were glistening. He must now who the dedication belong to. It felt a bit odd that the author shared his name.

"You ok?" I asked as I watched his face.

"The author, E.A Masen, was my grandfather. He was Edward Anthony Masen. I never knew he wrote a book about this stuff." Edward said and swallowed hard. I put my hand on his thigh and rubbed it soothingly.

"My grandfather was a good man. When my grandmother died, it broke him. We hardly ever saw him after her death. My parents would never tell me how she died or where my grandfather went. I guess this book might have something to do with it." he said softly and turned the page over. The next page outlined the content of the book.

It listed the number of chapters but gave no indication of what each chapter will contain. According to the page, there was a total of 21 chapters. I turned over to the next page, the start of chapter one, The creation of black magic. I read over the first page and waited until Edward was ready and turned the page after page enwrapped by what was written. It explained how the Unknown was once called Aluthsia before black magic took over. In the pre-black magic days, there was a fully functional society occupying the Unknown. The last Royal family, to rule over the lands, were the de Corcella family. The Unknown had both witches and ordinary people occupying the land. This was due to the relatively small number of witches compared to the vast amounts of land. The Royal family made the decision to let in 'selected' ordinary people into the Unknown as it was impossible for just the witches to nourish and look after the land. The Royal family consisted of King Augustus, Queen Adelia, Prince Timotheus, Princess Amelia and Princess Constance. For many decades before King Augustus, the Unknown had run and functioned perfectly. Even decades into King Augustus's time as King, the Unknown had flourished. The King had started to prepare Prince Timotheus to take his place as King as he was growing too old.

The peace was broken and all hell broke loose all because of Prince Amelia. The book was unclear as to what made her go bonkers but basically she was one crazy bitch. According to the book Amelia thought of the normal humans as playthings. Apparently she was caught performing very dark spells on humans. The chapter was vague as to which spells she performed but did refer us to another chapter. She had started at a young age practising on animals and then when she grew into her power in her teenage years she started using people in her spells. The older she got the more dangerous her spells became. According the book Amelia's father found her grimoire and it was filled with spells, charms, hexes, rituals and many other heinous things that were banned in Aluthsia. After she was caught performing spells on people her father exiled her to the woods. There were rumours that suggested she had killed up to 42 people before she was exiled. Some of the spells and hexes she cast include mors ab aqua, mortem in cruciamento cognoscere, mors per suffocationem, sit cutis ulcera, ieiunium senescit, anima tenebrosum, caput amentiae. There were many more spells she cast, but these were highlighted as some of the truly evil ones. I didn't know what these spells did but a cold shiver ran up my spine and I just knew they were truly wicked.

"Edward do you know any of these spells?" I asked. Edward had been very quite as we read the chapter.

"I have heard of some of them. It's all in Latin and I can understand the name of the spell and have a fair idea as to what they do," he said sadly.

"Bella if this is only the start then the rest is only going to get much darker. Amelia cast spells and hexes on innocent people that caused them to die in horrific ways." Edward warned me. I wanted to know more, I needed to know more. I couldn't stop now just because it would be difficult to read.

"I know it is going to get worse Edward but I want to know. If this book can help me figure out what had happened to my parents then I need to read it." I said as I leaned my head against his shoulder. He nodded and we kept reading.

The chapter went on to explain how in a true sycophantic fashion, Amelia didn't take her exile very well. Word spread across the villages about her power and her black magic and she quickly gained a band of loyal followers. It wasn't long before she had her very own coven of witches. She plotted and schemed until she perfected her plan for revenge. Within a year of her exile, Amelia returned to her parents castle as her father had started to fall ill. She faked her concern for his health and was allowed back into the castle. Her father was placed in a room own his own and was laid down on a stone bed that was surround with agate stones. Agate stones are used by witches to restore ones health. Witches have charmed these stones to help aid the health of the King. On the second night in the castle, Amelia snuck into the room her father was being held. Amelia put a hex on the stones that were placed around her father.

The hex she placed on the stones was accensio sanguini. The hex means 'boiling of blood'. Amelia had cast the hex in such a manner that the stones accelerated the death of her father by boiling the blood in his veins. The chapter went on to explain how horrific the King's death was and just how bat shit crazy Amelia was. To this day, no one had managed to figure out her reasoning behind the creation of black magic. It was clear that she was a troubled individual, but no one knows what pushed her over the edge to cause her to be as wicked as she was. When her brother learned of the death of their father he ordered a witch hunt to exterminate all witches who practise black magic. He sent out many witch soldiers and he himself went after Amelia. He was enraged at her cruelty towards their father and made it his mission to destroy her.

When Amelia became aware of her brothers orders she created two new curses. She used these two curses to create an army to fend off the army of witches her brother sent after her coven of dark witches. First she had members of her coven capture normal people working on the lands in the Unknown. She then split them into two groups and then cast the curse on them. The first curse was 'Exsecratio filii luna', meaning 'The Curse of the children of the moon'. Amelia created a group of werewolves that will turn at every full moon. The second curse she placed on a group of people was that of 'Exsecratio sanguinem servorum', meaning 'The curse of the blood slaves'. With this curse, she created a group of vampires that are slaves to blood as they won't be able to function without drinking the blood of other beings.

Amelia had no control over the creatures she had created, but they did what they were intended for. They had quickly ripped apart the army of witches and had started destroying villages in the Unknown. Amelia and her coven of dark witches had managed to put a protection spell around the land the occupied that prevented the creatures she created from entering. The death and destruction caused by the werewolves and vampires caused the witches to flee from the Unknown. Queen Adelia and Princess Constance fled from the Unknown with all the witches that were willing to follow them. They created the portal as a way to escape from the Unknown. It was Adelia and Constance that started up what is known today as Aluthsia University. Prince Timotheus had refused to follow his sister and mother as his sole focus was on finding Amelia.

Eventually, Timotheus found Amelia hidden away deep into the mountains. He confronted her about the damage she had done and the death of their father. The conversation between them is still a mystery and no one knows what was said between them. Timotheus was ready to strike Amelia with his sword to finally kill her. He had managed to strike her in the stomach, but Amelia retaliated by using her black magic. Amelia ended up placing the werewolf curse on Timotheus. Amelia left him there and fled back to her coven to try and heal. She later that night placed a curse on the Unknown. As vampires can only come out during the night and werewolves will only turn on a full moon, Amelia created a curse that covered the Unknown in eternal darkness with a full moon constantly present. This caused the werewolves to always be in their wolf form and vampire were free to roam around. Amelia and her coven continued with the use of dark magic and continued to torture anyone who dares to stand up to them. Adelia and Constance got word about the mysterious disappearance of Timotheus and the continues torturing of the remaining villagers in the Unknown. They sent more soldiers into the Unknown in attempt to reclaim the land and stamp out the witches that practise black magic.

Constance spent years studying old grimoires and she retaliated against her sister's army of dark witches. Constance grew up to be a courageous and strong witch that spent her last breath trying to claim back the Unknown. The war raged on in the Unknown for many years with a lot of innocent blood spilled. Constance was captured by Amelia's coven of witches. Amelia and Constance came head to head. The battle between the two witches had apparently been spectacular. Amelia with the help of her coven managed to kill Constance. There were rumours that Constance had placed a curse on Amelia before her death, but no one could identify what the curse was. The Unknown is as it is today due to the practising of dark magic by Amelia. It's such a sad history behind the creation of the portal. So many innocent people had died and the rest had to leave their belongings behind and flee their land.

"I can't believe all of this happened because of one crazy bitch." I huffed as we finished the chapter. I just couldn't wrap my head around the idea of one person causing so much destruction.

"I know. It's hard to think that one person held that much power," he said as he rubbed his face.

"Well, just because someone has a lot of power doesn't mean they will be using it for evil," I said defensively.

"Bella I didn't mean powerful people are automatically evil and cruel. I would never think that of you," he said a placed a small kiss on my forehead.

"I could never be like her. The things, she did to people, is malicious and unforgivable. I do admire Constance though. Do you think there is a book that would describe her life and power more?" I asked curiously. For some reason Constance's bravery inspired me. There was just something about her that stood out for me. I felt connected to her in a way that was unfamiliar to me.

"I hope there is a book about her. She was truly brave for what she did. I find it odd that the books I have read about the creation of the portal never mentioned Amelia and her dark magic or anything about Constance. It always just focused on Timotheus avenging his father's death, but nothing about Amelia's involvement in it." he said as he started flipping through the book.

"We need to find a way to get into the forbidden section without getting caught. I mean I can do what I did to get this book but we will never know what book we'll get. If we can find a way into the forbidden section then we can look for the books we want." I said as I looked around our beautiful meadow. Something was feeling off. I kept looking around us trying to figure out why I suddenly got this bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. It almost felt like someone was watching us.

"Yeah, I agree with you. We need to find a way to get into the forbidden section without getting caught." Edward said as he continued flicking through the book.

He stopped flicking through the book and stared at the page with a strange look on his face. When I leaned over to look at the book he quickly slammed it shut and stood up abruptly.

"It's getting late. We need to head back to the campus. We have to be up early for Professor Colton's memorial service." he said in a detached tone as he quickly shoved the book into the bag and collected everything. Edward nearly pulled the blanket from underneath me in his hurry to leave. He was acting very strangely and refused to look me in the eyes. I quickly got off the blanket and helped him clear everything up. Just as we had everything packed up and ready to go I spotted a small flicker of light on the edge of the meadow. I kept staring at the flickering light. It was very small and illuminated a yellow glow. A few seconds later there was another small flickering light. The more I stared the more lights came into view. It looked magical and enchanting.

"Edward what is the flickering lights?" I asked fascinated. I thought it was strange that I was so intrigued by these flickering lights and not scared that it was some dangerous creature. Edward turned to where I was staring. He dropped our bags to the floor and came to stand next to me. He was smiling brightly and had a twinkle in his eyes, but I could still see that strange look of worry in his eyes.

"They are fairies. They occupied the trees surrounding the meadow," he said softly.

"Are they dangerous?" I asked since I have never heard of 'good' creatures in the Unknown.

"They are innocent creatures that wouldn't hurt a soul."

"Are they safe being here? I thought the Unknown is only filled with evil creatures?"

"It is mostly creatures that wish to cause harm to others but there are still some good left in here."

"Are the fairies afraid of us?"

"No, really. They know me by now since I have been coming here since I was young. They don't know you so they will be a bit wary."

"Oh ok. What can I do to make them like me?" I asked in a hopeful tone. Edward smiled at me and took a few steps forward.

"Lillian, Nos hic pace, quia nec male vult." Edward said towards the flickering lights.

"You can speak in fairy language?" I asked in a whisper.

"No, I speak Latin as do all other creatures in the Unknown," he said held in his chuckle. Well, I felt stupid for asking that. I watched as one flickering light moved towards Edward. He held out his hand and the light went and sat on his hand. Edward whispered something the flickering light, well it's a fairy. He turned and walked to me with the fairy in his hand. I couldn't make out the shape or appearance of the fairy as all I could see was the glowing yellow light that was no longer flickering. When Edward was standing in front of me I could finally make out the appearance of the fairy.

The fairy was tiny and looked so sweet that I had to stop myself from going 'awww' repeatedly. She had long (for her) shiny blonde hair, her skin looked like it was porcelain and she was wearing a brown weaved dress. She really did look like a mystical creature. She had delicate wings that glowed bright yellow. I guess that's where the flickering light came from. I could hear her say something in a high musical voice, but it was too soft for me to hear. I looked at Edward for help. He smiled at me in understanding.

"Bella this is Lillian. She is the leader of the fairies," he said with a smile.

"Hi Lillian. It's nice to meet you." I said and stupidly extended my hand to the tiny fairy. To my surprise, she jumped onto my hand. She really was very tiny and delicate.

"Hello Bella. I'm Lillian and it's nice to meet you too," she said in her sweet musical voice. Her happy demeanour and voice reminded me so much of Alice at that moment.

"Edward tells me this is your first time seeing a fairy." she continued in her sweet voice.

"Yes it is," I whispered as I didn't know if it would hurt her tiny ears if I spoke too loudly. I could see her tiny ruby lips turn into a warm smile.

"He told me you are very interested in the Unknown." she said and Edward huffed.

"I complained that she is very interested in the Unknown." he grumbled.

"Oh, be quiet you," I said with a huff. He really needs to learn to let go a bit and not worry so much. If he continues to worry so bloody much he will be covered with wrinkles and completely grey before his twenty-first birthday. I could see Lillian roll her eyes at us with a knowing smirk.

"Oh, sweetie you're wasting your breath. Men will always be men and worry too much about our safety," she said mocking Edward.

"You don't have any advice on how to deal with them do you?" I asked as I shot a playful glare at Edward. He just rolled his eyes at me and tried not to laugh.

"The only advice, I can give you, is to pick your battles and accept you can't always win," she said a little more seriously. I thought it over and decided that it is good advice to follow.

"Thanks for the advice. I'll keep it in mind." I said with a smile.

"Now dear, it was very nice talking to you but I have to get going," she said sadly. She surprised me by hugging my thumb. She looked so sweet and innocent with her small arms wrapped around my thumb.

"I hope I'll see you soon," I said as she flew back to the other flickering lights.

"See ye Lilly!" Edward shouted after her. He turned back to me and wrapped me in a comforting hug.

"Thank you for tonight. It was truly magical." I said with a smile.

"You're welcome love. I'm glad you got to meet Lillian. She is amazing and I'm sure you will grow to love her, it's hard not to." he said as he collected our stuff. We walked back to the campus in comfortable silence. It was nice to be with someone that is comfortable enough to leave you with your thoughts. It was even better that I still felt close to Edward as we walked back in silence, consumed with our thoughts.

The walk back took a lot less time than I would've thought, but I was suddenly very happy to be back in Edward's room as I was so bloody tired. I decided on a quick shower before bed. As I finished my shower Edward hopped into the shower. I went back into his room and crawled into bed. I laid my head back on the soft silk-covered pillow that felt like a cloud. I thought back over tonight and what I managed to learn. I made a bullet point list in my head and by the end I was left wondering what else was in that book and what made Edward close it so abruptly. I got up off the bed and went to look for the book in the bag but I couldn't find it. That's odd, everything else was still in the bag. Did Edward take it out of the bag? I looked around the room as my suspicions grew as to what Edward saw in that book. I heard the shower turn off and I quickly jumped back into bed. If Edward did take the book out of the bag and perhaps hid it somewhere then it would be better if he didn't know I was looking for it. I scanned the room before he came out of the bathroom. The last place I looked over at was his art supplies. The canvases on the floor looked like it had been moved. I wondered if he hid it between the canvases. Before I had more time to contemplate Edward came into the room wearing nothing but a pair of navy boxers. Damn that boy looks delicious.

Edward crawled into bed and pulled me into him. He kissed my shoulder and wrapped his arms tightly around me.

"Good night love" Edward whispered into my ear. I felt a shiver of lust go up my spine.

"Mmmm do I do that to you love?" he purred into my ear and placed another kiss on my shoulder.

"Yeas" I moaned.

"I love how responsive you are to my touch" Edward purred in my ear and pushed his erection into my back to emphasize his point.

"Only you make me feel this good." I moaned and moved my ass back against his rock hard cock. Oh god, he felt so good. Before I couldn't do anything Edward had flipped me onto my back and attacked my lips in a passionate kissed. We made love that night again until Edward fell asleep.

I couldn't find it in me to sleep. After I made sure he was fast asleep I untangled myself from him and quietly walked over to the canvases. I looked over to the bed to make sure Edward was still asleep. His breathing was still even and he looked peacefully asleep. I turned back to the canvases and started moving one after another away. After the fourth canvases, I found the book hidden away. I quickly grabbed the book and headed for the bathroom. I flipped through the book impatiently trying to find what had changed Edward's mood so drastically. After nearly half an hour of flipping through the book I was ready to give up. I flipped through the book one last time and gave up. I got up and stupidly dropped the book. For fuck sake why did I have to be so clumsy! I held my breath and listened carefully if I had woken Edward. After a few minutes of hearing nothing, I let out a deep breath and moved to pick up the book. The book was lying open and the page it was opened at made my heart stop.

Oh wonder what she found in the book... till next time:)