only assume it was someone who wanted to harm her. Why else would they be down here stalking her. She

me moving beside her on the left, "trust

ly at her, grabbing his cheek. She gulped, surprised she had done that, but trying not to look guilty because she still had no idea what this guy

e of that. Maybe he was some kind of religious sect or something. She realized they were both sort of eyeing each other, and she stopped abruptly when she noticed he saw that she was looking at him. She did notice,

she asked, still not

red. "What are yo

lost and did not see where I was going and fell down this hole that

started, "ell, this is a mural of the mighty goddess Isis and her sister

back. "This is a cemetery?" she asked,

d and said, "It's a plac

e one of the men working on the excavation with her father. She looked at him again, feeli

asked, "Why do you wa

nch of dead people!" she exclaimed

ell, I guess y

"What kind of dumb question is

der if he was broken or something, like a skipping recor

to move. "I'll sh

n chambers on the wall. They were surrounded by images of various beings. Some were humans dressed weirdly like the lady she saw before, while others were hybrids with animals. Some had wings like

s they walked and she noticed rows and rows of litt

nswered simply, withou

ared. "You mean li

"Yeah," he said slowly and paused before continuing, "of course they're magi

yeah I guess that's true. So, these

the afterlife. It protected them from the demons that haunt the shadows and the monsters that hide i

orever one day? Okay, so they were kind of stupid and naive, but why would people spend so much time studying and reading about it? She felt cold and clammy. This all just ma

collided right into Lakis' back as t

said. He turned and l

nto me?" he said, disb

"but it was an accident.

little shocked. "I was just surpri

hat was saying something. She's known some weird guys. She just chose to ignore t

ning to him to thank

oing down to the tombs. She shivered. She must've missed him leavi