The Book of Demons

Chapter 6

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE BOOK IS GONE!" The sound of Jace's yelling echoed down the halls of the institute and woke up Izzy from her peaceful slumber. She immediately yanked herself out of bed and ran down to the library to find Mangus, Alec, and Jace standing over an empty table where they left the book last night.

"Excuse me?!?!?!" Izzy's voice came out more like a screech instead of actual words. "How could it have just disappeared."

Magnus looked bored as he replied, "Well it's a magic demon book. Did you really expect it to follow your every demand."

"Well, excuse me. I was unaware that I had to give books specific directions so that they wouldn't fly away. But my bad, it's not like it's an inanimate object or anything." Jace sneered, obviously upset that he couldn't get to his definition of the fun part: actually killing demons and saving the world.

Alec could feel the tension growing from the frustration in the room, "Ok guys, it's not anyone's fault. We just need to find out where it went and how we can get it back as soon as possible, and we can't do that if we're constantly being snarky with one another." He turned to Magnus and said, "Do you have any clue where it could have gone?"

"It probably went back to its owner. The book chooses one person who is worthy of reading it and that person becomes its owner. If the book somehow gets separated from its owner it will do everything in its bookly power to get itself back. Do you know who the owner might be?" Magnus replied.

"Clary." Izzy said with a groan. "Now I have to go to the plans we set up last night that I was just planning on ditching because we had gotten the book."

Jace laughed, "Have fun spending your day with the mundane. I'm sure it'll be thrilling."

Izzy glared back at him, "Oh, shut up. At least I'm actually helping with this, and not just standing around going through women's purses." Izzy then strutted out of the library and practically ran back to her room to text Clary that she was running late.