Isiah felt a surge of intense embarrassment standing completely bare before the unseen entity that spoke to him in such a commanding tone.
"Wait... do you actually know what this book is?" Isiah demanded, trying to keep his composure.
"You will discover what it is soon enough," the entity answered, its tone dripping with ominous weight. "And when you do, you will wish you had never unearthed it."
Isiah scooped the heavy grimoire off the dark void floor, clutching it tightly against his torso and positioning the wide leather cover lower to conceal himself as best he could.
"Acting bashful now, are we?" the voice mocked softly. "You should have simply shown me what you brought back, though I felt the lingering dark energy radiating from you the moment you returned. You were never meant to acquire this level of power so quickly after our initial encounter."
