The Book of Life

Diana visits the Old Lodge, one of Matthew’s many houses, to meet her friend and yoga instructor, Amira. Amira uses her second sight to examine the missing pages of Ashmole 782 and reveals their dark origin. Amira sees a witch brutally murdered in front of her children. This witch is the one who cursed the book before the murderers took her skin to create the page.

Diana, accompanied by Gallowglass and Phoebe, visits T.J. Weston the following day. Diana soon recognizes T.J. as Timothy, a daemon she had previously encountered in the Bodleian library. Although Timothy refuses to sell them the page composed of his grandfather’s skin, he offers to entrust it to Diana for safekeeping on the condition that she ensures his grandfather’s name is remembered.

Diana’s family urges her to wait a day before retrieving Ashmole 782. That night, the goddess visits Diana and embeds an arrow in Diana’s body for protection. Diana discovers the entire Ashmole collection was moved when she tries to retrieve the Book of Life. The librarian points out another person trying to request the collection, and Diana approaches him. The stranger is Benjamin, and he holds Phoebe hostage. Benjamin threatens Diana and her children.