 On a late evening , Allan Gray arrives at an inn close to the village of Courtempierre and he rents a room to sleep . Gray is awakened suddenly by an old man , who enters the room and leaves a square packet on Gray 's table ; " To be opened upon my death " is written on the wrapping paper . Gray takes the package and walks outside . Shadows guide him to an old castle , where he sees the shadows dancing and wandering on their own . Gray also sees an elderly woman and encounters another old man . Gray leaves the castle and walks to a manor . Looking through one of the windows , Gray sees the man who gave him the package earlier . The man is suddenly murdered by gunshot . Gray is let into the house by servants , who rush to the aid of the fallen man but it is too late to save him . The servants ask Gray to stay the night . Gisèle , the youngest daughter of the Lord of the manor , takes Gray to the library and tells him that her sister , Léone , is gravely ill . Just then they see Léone walking outside . They follow her , and find her unconscious on the ground with fresh bite wounds . They have her carried inside . Gray remembers the parcel and opens it . Inside is a book about horrific demons called <unk> . 
