BLOOD TREASURE (NEW ADULT VAMPIRE ROMANCE) by Mac Flynn

Author:Mac Flynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-10-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3

"It never looks like anything was here," Ed spoke up.

I shone my light over the entire room. It was square, about fifteen feet by fifteen feet, and the floor was covered in a fine layer of dust. The entrance door was situated in the far-left bottom corner of the chamber. Here and there the long roots of the trees that surrounded the meadow had crept through the ceiling blocks and made beautiful but creepy designs above us. Ed was right about nothing ever being there. Unlike most robbed places there was no broken pottery, remnants of jewels, or any clues that would point to a wealth carried off in ancient times.

As I stood to the right of the doorway a breeze swept over me. The strange thing about it was it came from my right and not from the left where stood the opening. I shone my flashlight on the wall to my right and thought I glimpsed a darkness beyond where my light could reach. With my heart beating hard in my chest I stepped over to the wall and passed my hand over the dark area. The stone gave away with my tiny push. That meant it was hollow behind it.

I turned to the moaning professor with Ed beside him. "Professor, I found something!" I yelled at him.

He straightened and pushed off from Ed, sending the young man into the wall close to the entrance. "What? What is it?" he cried out only inches from my face.

I indicated the loose wall. "There's something here. The wall moves," I explained to him.

The professor pushed me aside and pressed one hand against the wall. The stone moved beneath his touch and in his eagerness it toppled backward into what appeared to be a large space. Dust fell from the ceiling above us and coated us in a fine layer of phantom color. Van Sloan ignored the dust, pressed his face into the hole created by the missing slab, and shone his flashlight into the new abyss.

"Eureka!" he exclaimed. He turned to us and his eyes flashed with glee. "The lost treasure! We've found it!"

"Let me see!" Ed pleaded. The professor stepped aside and Ed leaned against the wall to peer through the hole.

Bad idea. The entire facade was unstable, and his weight broke the camel's back. Two dozen stones and Ed leaned forward and toppled into the hidden chamber. The collapse disturbed the dust and swept us into a storm of dirt. We coughed and shone on our flashlights into the mist.

"What's going on down there?" Stacy called from the entrance.

"Don't come in here unless you want to choke to death," I warned her.

"Nonsense, the dust will settle," the professor's voice spoke through the storm.

"Get me out of here!" Ed yelped.

"In a moment. Wait for the settling," the professor insisted. In a moment the dust settled and my flashlight allowed me to see the hidden chamber. It was much larger than the false room, about fifty feet square, and just as we had all hoped the room was full of glittering golden objects and luxurious furniture.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.