Flashback by Dawn Carter

Author:Dawn Carter [Carter, Dawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wicked Publishing
Published: 2016-11-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Spencer’s head rested upon the library table, her mouth slightly open as she dozed. Half-read scrolls littered the table around her, most of their contents useless. One scroll was indicative of someone being buried alive. She found that interesting, since she knew she had passed by her own hand. Therefore, it would have to have been her father, or Anai.

In her hand, bound in red leather cracked and dry with age, a thin volume of notes smelled faintly of musk and dust. The pages within were brittle, and what remained of the book’s original stitching was barely holding it together. A faint scrawl on the inside of the cover declared that the journal had once belonged to someone who might have been one of Spencer’s former lives. The first page began in the middle of a sentence, suggesting that either there were pages missing, or that there was another volume before this one. Unfortunately, the journal’s poor condition made it impossible to tell which. It was a nice piece of history, but it offered no help in solving the mystery.

When she’d been invited, she’d had no idea they would be pulling an all-night research session. She had thought Shamod had all the answers, but apparently, he did not. Tired, she now cursed her own laziness before hurrying to read through the rest of the scrolls. She frowned in disbelief when she finally found what she was looking for nestled in the pile. She was positive she had already examined that scroll twice already, so how had she missed it? She stared at the far wall, which might as well have been the same as staring into the abyss itself for how black it was. The pain in her head had receded to a dull throb, which nevertheless kept her awake. She didn't complain, not even to herself.

The translated document the young priest gave her put things into perspective. Yiara had cursed the words just before her death, and in return, inflicted punishment not only on herself and Anai, but on the entire kingdom. Spencer was on information overload, and her emotions felt as if they were ready to spiral. She was going to have to help break the curse that had affected so many. That was a lot on her shoulders, more than she was sure she was capable of handling.

When the old priest walked back in the room, Spencer unrolled the scroll upon her lap and started to point to one section, but the priest snatched it away from her before she could speak aloud. He walked about the room, looking it over while she sat, fiddling her fingers awkwardly.

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