Devastated … was the best word to describe all that Clavis felt after learning the truth from the old book he was holding. His hands continued to shake. The most dreadful thing that he and his sister, Illumináire, was hoping not to happen, now confirmed in a prophecy.
To make sure he was conferring to the right thing, he closed the book and checked its title, the year it was written, and other codes that the Sortis family placed on it. To his dismay, it was indeed a book of prophecy … the "Book of Dawn". And it was prophesied by none other than the Great Oracle. There was no mistaking it.
As tears continued to fall from his eyes, he flipped the earlier pages of the book, in order to look for more context, or answers as to what may cause such a thing to occur. When he found nothing, he tried flipping on the last pages instead - but that part was near the end of the book. There was no more information.
