Angelstone by Hanna Peach

Author:Hanna Peach [Peach, Hanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gypsy Publishing
Published: 2014-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

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Alyx threw her pouch of winnings at the RaceKeeper’s feet. “Start talking.”

The RaceKeeper made no move towards the pouch. “There are four great stones left that the Darkened have not already acquired,” the RaceKeeper began. “Each of them has been removed from where they originally fell, collected by the mortals. Although I highly doubt they realize the significance of the Black Stone, these mortals seem to be drawn to it.”

“So where are these last four now?”

“The first stone fell in the year 600. This Black Stone was set into the foundations of the Kaaba by Muhammad himself. The Kaaba is a cube that sits at the center of the Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām or The Sacred Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The mortals worship it with millions of pilgrims visiting it every year.”

An Islamic mosque in Mecca.

The RaceKeeper continued, “There is a Black Stone meteor that fell over five hundred years ago in Peru, South America. It was worshiped by the Incas until the Spanish invaded and took it for themselves. It now stands in the Basilica Cathedral in Lima as the main crucifix at the altar.”

A cathedral in Lima.

“There was also a large piece of Black Stone that fell near Florence, Italy in the late 1400s. Have you heard of the mortal artist Michelangelo?”

“The artist who sculpted the marble statue of David?”

“The very one. He also did a lesser-known piece called the Three Archangels depicting Raphael, Michael and Gabriel. Not a very good likeness of any of them, may I add. That piece is made from Black Stone.”

“Where is it now?”

“In the Galleria dell’ Belle Arti in Florence, Italy.”

An art museum in Florence.

“And the last one?”

There was a pause; Alyx’s stomach began to fill with anxiety.

“The last one is the most secure. The most guarded of the four. I would not go after it if I were you.”

How could you get any more guarded than an art museum? “Where is it?”

The RaceKeeper sighed. “No. I didn’t think you’d listen to my warning. I have heard whispers that the largest piece of Black Stone to return to Earth sits somewhere in a monastery in the Hengduan Mountains of the Sichuan Province in China. That is all I know about that.”

A monastery in China. And that made four.

“Alyx,” the RaceKeeper called out as she turned to leave, “the monks are not to be trifled with.”

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