Ryan suppressed the book with his will until it shrunk to an A4 size and closed itself.
The black cover of the book had interlock ridges that formed the star of David with an imitation of a head of an antelope with a fist sized hole on its forehead where a crystal can be inserted perfectly.
After the book submitted to him, it disappeared from his palm which startled him. He can feel the book inside him but he can not pinpoint where it was. " Is it in my soul space? where are you hiding? "
As he was still mulling over where the book was, the unstable and chaotic space stabilized all of a sudden. It came so abruptly that it made his hair stand on their end. Darkness engulfed the whole space as far as his eyes could see. This darkness made him feel as if he was standing in the deep ocean due to its liveliness and viscousness. It not only impair his sense of sight but also all his other senses. He can only rely on his soul sense to perceive his surroundings while in its domain. He also realized that the darkness was constantly in motion with unlimited supply as it hoovered around him as if inspecting him.
He can hear them. The painful cries of his comrades, friends, and the calling of his girlfriend Sandy in a distant voice. All these happening deep in his mind as if it were real.
' Ryan, Ryan... Ryan. '
' We are not cowards! '
' Captain watch out! '
' I love you so much Ryan and I will never leave you even if it means my death...'
' Ryan, do you understand the meaning of that sentence on the first paragraph? '
' My son come back to us...'
" Aaaargh! Noooo! No! This damn darkness fucking with my mind..." He gritted his teeth and forced himself to focus on something else so that he doesn't drown in his own delusions.
His whole body became drenched in his sweat when he suddenly felt a sense of dread that left him trembling with fear. He tried to put a brave front to assure himself that all was well but his body refused to listen to him acting on instinct in the face of danger.
" I have already got hold of the book, should I be thrown out of this fucking dimension now! " He harrumphed displeased. " Or am I already out of that dimension? " He pondered in frustration and confusion while pressing his head between the palm of his hands so that he can think properly.
The space in front of him swapped revealing a frail woman in a red dress that reach up to her knees. She wore no shoe on her barefoot which showed clearly the smooth baby skin of her long, slender, beautiful legs which glimmered in the dim light from the torches around her throne. Her smooth porcelain body that reflects back the light of the torches together with the dark energy that was leaking from her throne made her resemble the god of the underworld.
Her stunning flowery dress captures her curves perfectly revealing her big chest and perfect waist. Seeing this view on the throne made him to lose his mind and almost run to her forgetting that he almost wet his pants previously. She was so pretty that he started grinning like a fool not knowing what to say.
He had adventured to almost every corner of Earth on his special forces adventures but he had never met or seen such kind of beauty anywhere. It was like this was his first time seeing a woman after travelling to many universes filled with only men for a century.
Ryan salivated over her that he forgot the predicament he was in. He licked his lips as if he had seen a very delicious meal in front of him. If this woman say a word, any man anywhere will leave their wives and girlfriends just to be close to her. The aura around her made him feel like she was the only woman in the whole Plane, the woman of his life. If any man or woman stand between them, he will have no choice but to send them on their way earlier than planned.
He stared at her hand which was smooth and delicate that he wished them to caress his chest even if it was once in his lifetime. Her fingers were long, slender and beautiful but on one of her fingers he discovered something that made him frown. This discovery woke him from his daze and beguilement.
On the left hand of the mysterious woman, she had a ring on her middle finger. Not just any ring but one that was forged mysteriously by the ancients. Just a glance at it alone made him feel uncomfortable and confused as if what he was seeing was not real but an illusion.
The ring had an inscription...