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tonight,
almost playfully. Hell, she didn’t know why she didn’t kill the damn thing in their
first encounter, let alone the second. She would never forget the hunger that
she had seen in its eyes. Lilly shifted back into her seat and turned her gaze
back to her boss. “The one seems interested in making contact with me. I’m
unsure as to the reason.”
    Kit laughed. “Maybe
it’s horny.”
    Lilly flushed. It
wasn’t the only one feeling that way. Covering quickly, she rolled her eyes. “I
think it’s more curiosity than anything. Did the cleaners find the remains? Maybe
those can tell us something about it?”
    Mother lifted a
coffee cup to her lips. “No, they haven’t come across anything yet. It’s
unlikely they made it out, so we should eventually find them.” After another
drink, Mother set down her cup and picked up the file. “Has your sister
uncovered any more information about the talisman?”
    “Kendra!” Lilly
stiffened and her heart ricocheted off her ribcage.
    Mother raised her
hands. “Easy. Our monitor contacted her by phone and instructed her to stay
overnight at the museum. It has some of the best security in the city.”
    “Thank, God.”
    Kit rubbed the top
of Lilly’s head as she spoke. “Last I talked with Kendra, she tracked
references for the artifact to an excavation that occurred in Egypt. According
to the archeologist’s notes, the artifact was stolen in a raid and listed as
lost. There were references in the archeologist’s manuscript that spoke about
unexplained illnesses and suspicious deaths at the site. The notes described
the workers’ bodies as being mummified, as if the life had been sucked out of
them. Most of the locals believed it was the curse that was cast to protect the
tomb. Same story we have heard for the last ten artifacts. Blah, blah, blah. No
mention of walking dead.”
    “Kendra is also working
on the symbols I gave her. She didn’t recognize them right away, so it may take
some time for her to uncover their meaning.” Lilly hesitated. “Mother, there is
something that Kit and I saw tonight that I’m not sure how to interpret. The
dark revens may be able to illicit control over the primitive ones.”
    Mother cocked her
head but sat silently, as if her mind was working on some strategy. Lilly held
her breath until finally, the old matron sat forward and began tapping her
pencil again.
    “In the unlikely
chance these dark revens survived the blast, I want you to maintain contact. Find
out as much information as you can without putting yourself at undue risk.”
    “That’s not a good
idea, Mother.”
    “No, way,” Kit added.
    Mother raised her
hands again. “Hear me out. These things may have information we need to locate
the cure or they may know who is spreading this. Or, they may be the
source.” Mother stood. “I don’t need to mention how this would affect you
personally. It’s a gamble I think we need to take.”
    Lilly hung her head
and rubbed her forehead. The decision had been made and there was no arguing
with the old lady. Mother knew the perfect words to get the two of them to
comply. She looked up into her sister’s pained blue eyes. “Fine.”
    Lilly and Kit
walked back to their room in silence. Finally, after the door closed, Kit piped
off. “That woman holds our father over our heads like a damn ransom. I don’t
like this one bit, Lil. It could kill you.”
    Lilly collapsed on
the bed, completely exhausted from the night’s events. “The dark revens probably
didn’t make it out.”
    Kit lay next to her.
“I understand you want to save dad, but maybe it is time to just let him go. We
could be free of all this.”
    “Before he passed, I
promised him I’d find the cure.” She rolled to her side and stared eye to eye
with her sister, her palms pressed together under her cheek.
    Kit touched Lilly’s
face. “Some promises are made to be broken.”

CHAPTER six
    Among the debris of
the aqueduct, Lilly walked to the level