Warrior's Seal by Kendig Ronie

Author:Kendig, Ronie [Kendig, Ronie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller, Mystery, Age Range 2 Older Audience, Suspense, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781441229489
Goodreads: 28416295
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Published: 2016-10-04T07:00:00+00:00

11

“‘ . . . devastated villages . . . burned with fire.’” Lying on the cement floor of the Command room, Tzivia pored over the printed copies of the ancient text. She scanned another inscription. “‘ . . . power of his weapon . . . rained fire and destruction.’”

She pushed into a sitting position, frustrated with the perpetuating violence of the Syrian kings, and glanced at her watch. Knowing the ceremony exhibit hung in limbo because Dr. Cathey and the mace were both missing embedded a deep fear in her that more would go terribly wrong. That the violence of antiquity had come to revisit its devastation on the modern world.

“Yeah,” she muttered to her phone, which was on speaker, “what worries me is this.” She tapped her pen against her lip, thinking that things hadn’t changed in two thousand years. “Seems this Nizar guy wants the same thing Syrian rulers have wanted since the dawn of time: ‘eternal law of obedience of the weak to the strong.’”

“You’re being a little harsh,” Noel said.

“Am I?”

“What do those soldiers say about the prince, about his goal?”

“They’re guessing as much as I am. But listen to this.” She flipped to the next article. “Shalmaneser III is said to have reduced the entire world to continual anguish in his quest for supremacy via war. That sounds exactly like Nizar bin Sultan, seizing power from Badi al Zaman, putting these villages in continual anguish.”

And Ram. What if he was poisoned too? What if that handsome sergeant of his was affected the way the enemies of Syria had been?

“Tzivia, those are neither here nor there. We need to find Dr. C and the mace.”

“I think these men can help.”

“Of all people, I never expected you to go to the military.”

“He’s my brother.” She turned to another page. “Besides, to find Dr. C and the mace, I have to figure out why he was buying rare wax and a Templar seal.” She puffed out a breath, blowing her bangs from her forehead. She lifted the inscriptions again. “So—wax. Why did he want that rare wax? There has to be something in one of these that . . .” What? She had no clue.

“There’s not a lot written about the mace.”

She rolled her eyes. “If you’re not with me, Noel . . .”

“I am not against you. I’m just saying—”

“Stop saying and help me find what I’m missing.” She laid out the inscriptions and started reading.

Inscription Thirty. “‘ . . . inscribed mighty deeds of Ashur . . . on iron . . .’” She sighed, her fingers sliding quickly over the text and transcriptions. “‘ . . . Celestial Light—Scepter of Celestial Light.’”

Her iPad rang, the tone indicating a FaceTime call. Dr. Cathey’s image appeared beside his name. Tzivia gasped. “That’s him!”

“Who?”

“Dr. Cathey. Gotta go.” She hung up on Noel and swiped her finger over the iPad, accepting the FaceTime call. “Dr. Cathey!”

He looked disheveled and unkempt. He squinted. “Are you alone?”

Tzivia glanced around, verifying that the others, who’d gone into a meeting, hadn’t returned.

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