Return to Earth by Brad Stucki

Author:Brad Stucki [Stucki, Brad]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-27T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

The guards bowed to Rolla. Sauros noticed she seemed a bit uncomfortable at their deference. Then he realized through his new knowledge that when the king was not present, Rolla, as Keeper, was leader of her people. And something else came forward in his new memories.

It was actually traditional that the Keeper be the leader of this people. That Rolla, if she was wed, would be the queen and the king would be her consort. It was considered unusual that Rolla had not married and ascended to be queen of her people.

Then Sauros realized Rolla had put this off, deferring to her father instead of assuming her rightful position. She had wanted to console him after the death of her mother, who was the previous Keeper, and from whom she’d received the Gift.

All of this blazed through Sauros’ mind as they followed the guards into the base of the pyramid where there was a dark rectangular opening.

Once inside Sauros’ eyes adjusted to the semi-darkness and he recognized the tiny pinpoint lights emanating from the walls and ceiling of the corridor made of stone. They continued through the short way until a familiar maze of passageways began. True to normal form, they followed each rightward branching until they arrived into a central cavern many spans across with three tiers of flooring, like the other pyramids in Sauros’ experience.

Large rectangular slabs of stone interspersed the two upper levels and on the smaller lowest level was the familiar Portal Archway. This one was larger than any other he had seen. Fully five warriors could stride through side by side and still not touch either side. The height of the span easily tripled his height. The roof of the chamber peaked into the shadows higher than he could see, making him realize the bulk of this pyramid must be hollow. But there was an addition he had never seen. Beside the portal sat a stone pedestal which was three spans wide and two deep. It stood solid, looking more like an altar, but upon which sat inlaid four rows of colored Crystals, each glowing in their vivid illumination from within.

As Sauros drew closer the Crystal in his breast warmed as if drawing near companion Crystals. Then Sauros' eyes were drawn to the far side of the room, against the right-side wall. Inset into the wall was a large slab of smooth rock that formed a bed. It was familiar to Sauros. He moved up the tiers to stand beside and glare at it. At the head of the slab in the wall was an opening which was covered with a sheeting of smooth opaque material. Sauros recognized it as an opening that would slide up. This is where he would have to kill Javin.

Javin will lay on the slab having the Three Articles of Power on his chest. The opening in the wall would slide up. Sauros, using his prodigious strength would slide Javin, slab and all, into the opening in the wall. The opaque cover would slide down and after a moment .

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