THE PATH TO THE UNKNOWN (Part 2)
Rania did as told. She approached the barrier and slowly reached out her hand towards the floating book. To her surprise, her hands just passed through the barrier without anything happening. Not even a gust of wind on her hand or a cold or warm feeling like when you pass unto something. Using both of her hands, she grabbed the book and pulled it outside the barrier. It was heavy so Elliot helped her lift it up as soon as she took it out.
The book's dark aura dissipated as soon as Rania touched it. As she held it, the vines that covered it slowly shrank itself into the back cover, letting them open it. None of them understood what was going on, except maybe, for Ducis.
The book was beautiful and had many unreadable engravings like the door they walked into. It had a large black gem at the middle of the front hard cover. It wasn't there at first but when the vines were out of sight, it revealed itself.