Dangerous Creatures (Book 3, Pure Series) by Catherine Mesick

Author:Catherine Mesick [Catherine Mesick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scofflaw Publishing
Published: 2015-06-20T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18.

Anton could hear that someone was coming, so he whisked me out of the Jewel House and up into another tall, narrow tower.

"This room doesn't look like it's been used in a while," Anton said once we had come to a stop. "And there's no one else in this tower at all. So I think we should be safe in here from the crowds—it sounds like this place is about to open up."

I looked around the room. It was dark and dusty and piled with boxes—the only light came from a narrow slit of a window high up on a wall.

I selected a box to sit on. "So, let me get this straight. We came to the Tower today to find one of the Werdulac's necklaces. In fact, that's really the whole purpose of our trip to London—throwing Emmanuel off our trail actually had nothing to do with it."

"Yep."

"Why didn't you just tell me?" I asked. "It's not like I would have objected. It sounds like those necklaces are actually pretty useful."

"They didn't want me to tell you," Anton replied.

"By 'they' you mean the Russian court?"

"Yes. And who knows? Maybe they were right to insist on its being a secret—maybe it genuinely did help. If you don't know about the necklace, it doesn't become part of your pattern—and then Emmanuel can't see it on you. I become the only one in that pattern."

"Maybe," I said. "Anyway, what makes you think one of those necklaces was here?"

"It's jewelry, right?" Anton said. "And this place is where they keep their most valuable jewels."

"But the Crown Jewels are really famous," I said. "Everybody knows all about them. If one of those necklaces was in the collection, you would've known about it a long time ago."

"It was new," Anton said. "They'd just found it. The necklace was being sent to London to be part of a new display."

"That doesn't sound very likely," I said.

"No?"

"No. The Crown Jewels don't change. It's a collection of objects that the king or queen uses during the coronation ceremony or on other state occasions. The items were all used by monarchs of the past. They wouldn't add new objects—especially not foreign ones."

"Maybe not," Anton said. "But the necklace was on its way to this city. I'm not wrong about that. I was specifically told that the necklace was coming to London."

"Were you told it was coming to the Tower?" I asked.

"I'm a little hazy on the details. Maybe I wasn't listening as closely as I might have been. But this is where they keep the jewelry."

"It was going to the British Museum," I said suddenly.

"What?"

"The Crown Jewels are always the same," I said. "But the British Museum acquires new things all the time. And they have a large collection of jewelry from all over the world."

"How do you know that?"

"I've always wanted to go to the British Museum," I said. "So I already knew a little bit about their collection. And the same information was in the guidebook you gave me.

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