Chapter 33: Her Hidden Secret

The journal told a story.

Silvana tore pages out from different spots in the journal, then put them in order so that the story made sense.

With sharp breaths and the epic sound of thunder rattling the trees outside, Silvana read through the story hastily, hoping she might better understand what was happening, and what her father hadn't been telling her.

She traced her fingers over symbols etched into the journal's pages, and her father's handwriting glowed red, revealing all writing otherwise hidden by his sigils and seals.

Now, the sentences and scribblings were making sense.

"It all started twenty-one years ago," Silvana mumbled to herself as the house shook.

The quakes from the thunder and crimson lightning were so strong that the coffee pot shimmied off from the counter and shattered to the kitchen tile beside her.

She wiped a nervous hand at her face, trying to make sense of what her father had written. "Dad says that these same storms had taken over the city before,