To Hawaii, with Love by Michael P Spradlin

Author:Michael P Spradlin [Michael P Spradlin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2005-04-10T14:00:00+00:00

“Mithras walks with Hades’ handmaiden,

As she strolls seaward from her garden paradise.

There lies hidden the golden vessel that shall

Bring our King to life.

“That’s got to be it. I didn’t make the connection until just now. Hades was the Roman god of the Underworld. Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of the fiery underground where volcanoes come from. That must be where the artifact is hidden! At this point on the island the lava flows right into the sea. Pele ‘strolling seaward’—that has to be it.”

I had no idea what she was talking about, but she was all excited and jumping up and down.

Just then I heard a noise coming from across the valley floor. I looked back just in time to see Leikala, Dumber, and a slightly limping Dumb emerge from the lava tube. Uh-oh.

“We have to go back,” Pilar said. “I know the artifact is here somewhere!”

“Not a good idea,” I said and pointed across the valley floor to where Leikala and the Stupid twins were picking their way toward us.

“We have to search that area first! We can’t let them get lucky and stumble across it.” She started out of the hut toward the trail, but I ran after her and grabbed her.

“Pilar, we can’t go back. They’ll catch us. Try to get back to the hotel somehow and hook up with Alex and Brent. The three of you figure out a way to find that statue—fast.”

“What are you going to do?” she asked.

I took a deep breath.

“I’m going to play a little game of hide-and-seek,” I said.

“Rachel, they’ll catch you. Simon might do something really bad this time. I can’t let you do this!” She was getting very worked up.

“Pilar, there’s no time for this. We don’t have many options. One of us needs to get away, and we need to find that statue. You’re the logical choice. You’ve studied the book, you know what to do. I can’t even find my socks in the morning,” I said.

“Stop making jokes! I won’t let you do this!” She was crying now.

“We don’t have a choice. You have a job to do. You need to focus on that. Now go!” I started toward the trail.

“Before you go, there’s something I need to tell you,” she said.

“What’s that?”

“There’s no such thing as cave wind.” She smiled through her tears.

I smiled back and gave Pilar a quick hug.

Then I turned and ran down the path, back toward the valley we’d just crossed, taking the next steps closer to my destiny.

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