![]() ![]() He grabbed the clothes from the boy, discarding all but the tunic while swiftly covering the few feet to where she remained immobile. She sank back on her knees, and, “Don’t move!” he roared. He saw the snake rear up, and his heart froze. Rupert saw that, and the shadowy form revealed when she rested it against the rubble heap. It seemed to be a tablet of some kind, for it was covered in writing. She dug under, and after a moment, unearthed the two outer corners. She brushed it off, bent close, shook her head, and with an impatient twitch, knelt in the pebbly sand. Yet instead of hurrying to the waiting servants who carried food and water, she crouched to peer at a slab of rock poking out of a pile of rubble. Like him, she’d had nothing to eat since morning. She must be at least as hot, dirty, and tired as Rupert was. ![]()
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