#Chapter 509: Cipher

Nina “Nina… You found it.” The book sat on the floor between us, devoid of the bright white light that it had only just been emanating a moment ago. Tyler and I gasped at one another, utterly shocked by what had just happened. I blinked at him. “What?” I asked. “You knew about this book?” He nodded, then paused a moment, pursing his lips. “Well, sort of,” he said. “Wait here a minute.” Without another word, he slipped out of the room and disappeared, leaving me standing there feeling utterly dumbfounded. A minute later, he returned with something in his hands and held it out to me. A book. Upon taking it and beginning to flip through the pages, my eyes widened. Pages upon pages of letters and phrases stared up at me, each one linked to a specific symbol. And where had I seen those symbols before? In the leatherbound journal. “Tyler, where did you—” “I found this cipher in the library a couple of weeks back,” he explained slowly. “I didn’t know wh