The Lost Continent (A Cash Cassidy Adventure Book 2) by K.T. Tomb

Author:K.T. Tomb [Tomb, K.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quests Unlimited Press
Published: 2014-10-18T23:00:00+00:00

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In the bedroom at the temple, Cash washed her face in the small basin across from her bed. They had talked for a long while in the garden. Her mind felt fragmented with fatigue and the events of the day. The cynical side of her still wondered if she lay dead somewhere lost in the depths of the ocean, her fading mind creating a last hallucination of reality. The other part of her bloomed with wonder that they had stumbled onto one of the greatest mysteries of the ages and had spent the day walking with gods. When they had returned to the great hall, most of the banquet guests had disappeared. Some were walking in the garden, others canoodling under the stars. Edgar was nowhere to be found. Neither, she noticed, was Aelle. No sooner had she thought the girl’s name than she heard a soft knock on the door of her room.

“Come in,” Cash said.

Aelle peered around the entrance.

“Do you need any assistance in your preparation for sleep?”

“No thank you, Aelle.”

Cash had developed a fondness for the girl despite the bizarre circumstances. She hoped her lack of need would send Aelle on her way. Cash felt exhausted and looked forward to sleep.

However the girl lingered at the door. She felt obliged to humor her.

“Did you need me for anything?”

Aelle slipped inside the door and closed it carefully behind her.

“It is rare,” she said with wonder in her eyes. “Quite rare, that Poseidon speaks to a mortal with such candor. He is our king, of course. And he keeps his distance as leader of Atlantis. It did not go unnoticed that you were invited to walk with him in the gardens.”

“Oh?” Cash said.

Aelle continued.

“There are some who say that the two of you are the Outsiders that legend speaks of. Is this true?”

Cash did not have a ready answer. Her mind was done for the day.

“There will be time to talk about it more tomorrow,” she said gently. “It’s very late.”

“Of course. Forgive my disturbance,” Aelle said.

Just as the girl turned to go Cash had one more question.

“Aelle,”

“Yes,” the girl said to her, eyes large in the dim candlelight of the room.

“What did Edgar say, when you asked him the question?”

Even in the darkened room, Cash could see the color creep into Aelle's cheeks.

“We spoke of much,” she said. “But that question did not seem to come up.”

She then slipped out as quietly as she had come and disappeared down the hallway. Cash found her way to the bed, closed her eyes and fell into a deep and dreamless sleep.

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