A Bizarre Ritual

Hao Ren never thought that he would have such an experience before: studying a grimoire from the Middle Ages with a 10,000-year-old vampire. This should have rightfully been confined to the silver screens. It was one of those scenes in paranormal or occult-type movies where the grimoire was studied in a dark, unlit basement. Yet, this ancient tome was being studied in broad daylight in a living room, and the person studying it was a reigning pope with a six-pointed amulet to ward off evil. There was also a frozen husky beside him... The author of the book would have never thought that his work would be studied in such a setting.