It was impossible to remove the strap with the key over the head of the sleeping person, but it was also very difficult to untie the knot. Barely breathing from fear, Vika fought with a knot and - hurray - he leaned. And here is the key in her hands. Stephen in a dream took a deep breath, knocking his breath. The girl froze, barely hearing anything around because of the wildly pounding heart. The man turned on his side without waking up. In time she managed to remove the key!

Another task is to get over a sleeping person. The girl at first gently slid into her legs, then quietly got up, stepping over the sleeper. Carefully advancing in order not to accidentally squeak floorboards, Vika walked over to the fireplace. The book was in the same place. Thermos near the chair, just a little away from the place where she left him. On the chair is a dress in which she was yesterday. By the way, it becomes cool in the house. The fire still burns a little in the bright coals of the fireplace. The girl put logs in it to make it a little lighter.

She took the book and sat down with her in the chair. The hands holding the key, tremble a little, the heart trembles in the chest. A gray strand in the light of the flame is noticeable even more. The girl nervously pulled her hair away from her face and opened the book.

The book was written by hand, very beautiful even letters. The letters, it seems, of the Old Slavonic alphabet, are quite suitable for reading and understanding the essence of what is written. Sheets of paper are thick but yellowed by time and frequent use. Red ink headings on top, black - everything else. Headers - the names of spells.

Household spells, spells of elements (water, air, earth, fire), forces of nature (wind, snow, etc.). Well, yes, she happened to see it. Whirlwind of leaves in the forest. And a sudden blizzard, when Vick saw a woman in the meadow. Apparently, Stefan wanted to quickly take the girl out. Either this woman, according to him, his mother also knows how to control these forces. Most likely, because the book is generic.

Spells hide the home from prying eyes. Spells on visual hallucinations. Spells to combine witch souls. Potions recipes. Yeah, a real witch book, creepy and wild. And all this is a whole thick book! How much can Stefan do! Simple magic here and does not smell ...

Vika looked cautiously at the sleeping man. Looking over, I saw a red thread in the book - a bookmark. Apparently, very important. In addition, there is an exclamation mark next to it.

“How to steal another person’s years or live forever!” - the bloody inscription made the heart of an already frightened girl beat faster. And then - a few pages of conditions and descriptions. Here it is! She felt that she would recognize everything there, her interest.

Written, slightly abstruse and florid, made the following sense:

- to steal the years of another person is possible only for another sorcerer's soul, connected with the stealing through a spell. Just not for yourself! It is written in detail why. It is quite logical and clear: it will attract the attention of someone who steals years that a person is getting younger. In addition, it is difficult for an elderly person to steal years of a young one, because ... point two:

- years are stolen through sex. The more he achieves the climax of the one being robbed, the more years he has lost.

That's the price for fabulous orgasms! Vika looked sad at the gray strand that had slipped over her eyes. I wonder how many years she looks like now ?! That's why there are no mirrors in this house! So that a person from whom someone is stealing years, for a long time did not know about it, not seeing his own reflection. And this was also mentioned in the book in the department of advice on the situation of the event.

- it’s impossible to steal for more than thirty years (“Well, at least something: they don’t screw up the rotten old woman,” Vika smiled with sad irony.

- it is necessary to steal three days in a row. Otherwise, the taken years of youth will pass to the one who steals, by the additional years of old age.

- You can do this event no more than once every thirty years.

Caught, they say, on the path of the sorcerer after those same thirty years!

- in this way, it is possible, once in thirty years, to give other people's years of life to your beloved / beloved, thus, to live forever. Or there is one more way, so that every thirty years it is not repeated. This is the next point ...

- the people being robbed can be released. Anyway, they say, no one will believe their nonsense. And they will calmly (if they do not go crazy with what happened!) They will live out as many years as they can.

But you can kill them. The meaning of this murder is eternal life. The only important condition should be that two people (a man and a woman) should be killed, from whom years have been stolen, and killed in one night. The subject of the murder is a ritual knife (even its drawing is attached). The mixed blood of the slain must be tested by both sorcerers and it must also be written the story of their death. And then the sorcerers will find eternal life, young and beautiful.

Victoria shuddered, pulling away from the book. If it was just a horror story for children, it would be very creepy. But this, it seems, is registered the fate prepared for her ... Scary ?! Not that word! She tries to keep her mind, inhaling deeply, it is so easy from horror and to faint.

So it is clear that Stefan steals her years of life. This is already pointless to deny. As they say, and a no brainer. And even the brain fogged by fear. For everything in life you have to pay. She had to pay for amazing sex with her youth!

But for whom does he steal her years ?! For this woman he introduced as his mother ?! Something tells us that this is not his mother at all, but his beloved soul connected with him by witchcraft charms! Judging by her age, when Vika saw her in the forest, and Stephen should now look like a gray-haired old man. But he is young and beautiful! So, he has already been given someone's years ...

“Kostya!” - a guess flashed the brain in a bright flash. With the help of witchcraft, this woman could introduce himself to him young and beautiful. And for three days to suck the vitality out of a young man! In favor of Stephen.

That's what Stephen and his witch were whispering in the basement. She is jealous of him, knowing that he is in their own house having sex with another. And he recently experienced it ... in regards to her. Pity them, poor things ?! Vick smiled frowningly. Yeah, well!

Kostik, Kostik, you fell for the same bait. Okhmuren magic spells, deceived, seduced ... Are you still a prisoner of this house ?!

Vika looked around, as if considering where Kostik might be hidden. Basement! They keep him there ... In that cage! But for what? They have already lured a new victim - Vika got into the sorcerer's net.

They want to kill them! Ritual murder ... And eternal life! Here and "fill me with yourself!" ...

What to do? What to do?! Vika pressed herself into the chair, as if wanting to hide in it. Run? Stefan will quickly overtake her, as already happened! To submit To accept? ... Is it possible to accept death? She should try to find Kostik. Maybe finding salvation together will be easier ?!

Vika reflected, staring at the book with a blank look, where the page with the new heading “The Book and the Souls of the Sorcerers Associated with It” was opened. There, something was said about the thin connection between the book and the witches, that they themselves are the product of the book, and you need to treat it carefully, like your body and soul ... Well, yes, it is clear why Stefan treats her carefully, locks her. Because she keeps a lot of dark secrets ...

So, Vika flies off, pretending that nothing happened, will try to get into the basement and release Kostik. If he is still alive, of course. Although it should, if these sorcerers need to perform ritual murders on the same night ... And no sex! She must thwart all their plans. She still has a whole day. The third day. Decisive.

Looking up from the book, Vika faced attentive eyes-olives, watching her ...