Shadows on the Aegean by Suzanne Frank

Author:Suzanne Frank [FRANK, SUZANNE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780446930147
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2009-10-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chloe woke up in a white-shrouded room. Not again. Not another white room that could be anywhere in any time. Quickly she checked: same long hair. She’d gone to bed early last night hoping the day would get here faster.

Wherever here was. She wasn’t so sure she knew anymore.

Cheftu was on this island somewhere; she didn’t want to miss him.

Her room was spacious with many windows. Heart pounding from those few terrorizing seconds when she feared she’d returned to her own time, she slipped out from under the soft sheets and ran to the window. The view of the pyramid, the sea, the connecting island, was spectacular. Stunning and completely foreign.

This place couldn’t be Minoan, which left her with few known cultural choices.

She was looking directly down onto another building with the same flat roof and red pillars. Lush vines covered the grounds and hung from the many squared doorways that connected this building to others. Chloe turned at the sound of someone entering the room.

“A bath, please,” she responded to the serf’s request. The sunlight was just now falling onto the buildings. Such an incredible shade of light, Chloe thought. She was definitely in Greece. The light was utterly unforgettable. But where? How did this relate to her world? Did it matter? Cheftu was here, at least. Heart in her throat, Chloe turned toward the room.

The serf had stepped into an alcove, and the sound of rushing water filled the room. A bathroom? Chloe poked her head in, bug-eyed in astonishment. Running water? These people had running water? “My mistress, what temperature?”

“Warm,” Chloe said without thinking, and watched the girl adjust the two pipes so there was more hot water than cold. Hot and cold running water? What age was this? The science-fiction age? Chloe stepped back into the main room, her mind racing. Some things were so recognizable as Minoan, some so alien. Chloe shivered.

The pyramid was a complete surprise. Its sides were brightly colored in a rainbow array, culminating in the flat gold-covered top. Yet the colors had depth, almost as though they were jewels. Yeah, right, Chloe. A sapphire that doubles as a two-by-four.

The girl called her, and Chloe, anticipating her first warm bath in over a year, had to keep from running. The fragrance of hyacinths filled the air, and she saw the tiny flowers floating atop the water. With a sigh she didn’t bother hiding, Chloe stepped down. Warmth … this was almost better than sex.

Sex.

Cheftu.

She sat down rather hard on the submerged bench, trying to sort the memories she had stolen from Sibylla. With a snap she dismissed the girl and washed, the water sluicing over her tawny skin. Shampooing her new long hair took forever, and Chloe realized why she had always kept hers shoulder length or shorter. This was a pain.

Finally, certain she had everything rinsed, she stood up, wrapping herself in a sun-warmed sheet. I could get used to this, Chloe thought, inhaling the scent of the hyacinths. She poked her head into the main room.

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