Play It Again and Conspiracy of Bones Omnibus by Tracy Krauss

Author:Tracy Krauss
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fictitious Ink Publishing

Later, Mark had time to examine the bones himself. They were hollow, like a typical bird’s, but had the distinctly elongated fourth finger of a flying reptile. They were also very large, with an estimated wingspan of 20 feet, although in comparison to the human, ‘large’ was a relative term. Maybe things just grew big back in those days. As to the age of the find, that was still a mystery. So far no other artefacts lined up with any other known eras in human civilization. He was anxious to do his own set of dating tests as well.

Laura entered the lab and sauntered to Mark’s workstation. "I hear you’re opening up the entire burial site, wholesale.”

Mark glanced her way and then back at the bones spread out on the table. "Considering the unique quality of what we’ve found so far, it would be negligent not to.”

"The government might not see it that way." Laura lifted her chin. "Part of the agreement was to keep disturbance of the original temple to a minimum."

"I’m well aware of our agreement," Mark stated, "and so far have complied. We’re digging under the temple, not through it."

"But the agreement also states that graves must not be unduly tampered with beyond what is reasonable - "

"I know what the agreement states.” Mark set the tweezers he was using on the table with a distinct clack and held her gaze until she looked down. “And under the circumstances, I feel I’m doing only what is reasonable." He sighed and removed his surgical gloves, slapping them down beside the tweezers. “This could be the biggest find in the history of modern archaeology.” When she didn’t respond he stood up and placed his hands on her upper arms, forcing her to look at him. “What if those are Pterodactyl bones? The people of Northern Zimbabwe have a long-standing oral tradition that includes reptilian like flying creatures. What if they didn’t die out with the rest of the dinosaurs? What if some dinosaurs did survive to coexist with men?”

She pulled away from his grasp and turned her back. “You can’t possibly believe -”

He cut her off again. “Think about it. Every culture has legends about giant reptiles; dragons and such. What if there’s some truth to it? Most legend has at least a small basis of truth to it. We’d never have discovered the ancient city of Troy without believing the legend first."

"Sounds like you’re trying to convince yourself." Laura’s tone was sceptical.

"What if the lab results come back and verify Rocco’s claims? What if they are Pterodactyl bones?"

"Rocco!" Laura fairly spat the name. "The man is a lunatic. If not for him and his crazy ideas, nobody would have even considered anything of the kind."

"If that’s the case, the lab results will clearly show it. Once those bones are sent it’s out of our hands, anyway."

Laura’s eyelashes fluttered nervously. “Then why bother opening more tombs? We’ve got all the evidence we need."

"All the evidence you need, you mean. But not near enough evidence to satisfy this cowboy.

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