Chapter 259. The Hour of the End

JACOB

Leticia walked out the door with her usual arrogant look. I tried to forget about her and immerse myself in the pages of that fascinating book. I would never have the chance to read something like it again. My brother had given it to me as a gift, and that was very important to me. Armand was a strange character. As I turned the pages, I realized that his job was to be in a kind of war arsenal. But I didn’t know how they made the weapons. He must have been some kind of soldier, one I didn’t know by name or by legend. He was an unknown figure in history.

I even thought that the book belonged to another author, because I vaguely remembered knowing another name under that title. But the book was there for a reason, and I had to find out what it was. Zack had been considerate with me this time, like a real brother, and I was happy about that. I would attend the party he had planned even though those wretched friends of his would be there too.

I remembered that La