Keepers of the Lost Garden (The Lost Garden Trilogy Book 2) by K.T. Tomb

Author:K.T. Tomb [Tomb, K.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quests Unlimited Press
Published: 2014-03-04T00:00:00+00:00

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She continued down the corridor, moving past the massive cafeteria. Already she could smell bacon and coffee, as her stomach grumbled. The immortals were ravenous eaters, with the appetites of Sumo wrestlers. Much of their food was bought in bulk and brought out here by one of the Daughters, a month or so at a time. Each Daughter was assigned cooking duties, including herself. As the Mother Daughter, she allowed herself some perks, but avoiding cooking duties was not one of them.

She moved past the cafeteria and its inviting scents.

There would be time to eat later.

She hoped.

Don’t be so pessimistic. It was, after all, only a dream.

But it had been so vivid. So real. She had seen the faces of the dead and each face she recognized as one of her precious Daughters. She had lost many Daughters over the years and although she recognized them more as companions and fellow guardians, they were still her Daughters.

After all, she had given birth to each one.

Her body was eternally fertile. When she lost a daughter, usually through combat, although sometimes through accidents (and twice, her Daughters never came home from their visits into the world of the mortals—she assumed these Daughters had been murdered), she replaced them. She found a proper suitor, usually locally. Often they were big men, hearty men. Men with good genes. And a new generation of Daughters were raised.

Now, with the loss of Rama, she would need to seek another man. The idea of making love again appealed to her. It had been a while. In fact, there had not been a new daughter born into the family for well over two hundred years.

That had been a hell of a dry spell for her.

But first things first.

She descended another flight of stairs on a broad stone staircase that led down to the second level of the fortress. The Command Level.

Once on the Command Level, she followed a trail of thick cables that led from two humming generators that were stored at the back of the hall. The cables, placed off to the side, snaked along the passageway and into the Control Room.

She stepped inside, and the Daughter on duty, Shala, looked up at her in alarm. “Mother, we have a disturbance!”

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