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“Really? And just how much experience do the lot of you have in finding ancient tablets?”
“You said yourself it was usually by accident…”
“But was it? I’m starting to wonder. I think some people have a gift—some never know about it—to do certain things. I’m beginning to wonder if I’m a kind of ‘divvy’ for ancient artifacts.”
“A ‘divvy?’”
She nodded, warming to the idea. “A diviner. A person who has almost supernatural powers of recognizing exceptional items—or in my case, places as well. What if I’m some kind of divvy for places and things that hold residual power?”
Tevryn nodded slowly. “And because you had no basis to believe such places or things existed, you didn’t recognize it in yourself.”
“Do you think it’s possible?”
“I think it’s more than possible, and my guess is somehow Whistler figured it out. Abraham might not know why you’re important, but he may sense you as a threat, which would explain why he sent those things to kill you.”
“We need to find the other part of that tablet. We can’t let Whistler or Abraham get hold of it.”
“And we need to ensure they aren’t working together or if it’s just coincidence that those things were sent to find and kill you.” He shook his head.
“What?”
“I haven’t even said good morning or asked how you’re feeling.”
“Good morning, and I’m fine. Let’s get something to eat and start making a plan to find that thing.”
“I don’t know about the divvy thing,” said Tevryn in a measured tone, “but I am quite sure, you have always been drakaina.”
Chapter 18
Delaney
After grabbing something to eat, Delaney and Tevryn returned to the buried stone circle to begin to search for the remainder of the tablet.
“So, Whistler indicated he had at least part of the tablet?” asked Tevryn.
“He did. It wasn’t until I got that text I showed you that I started thinking that.”
They hiked around the area where the battle had taken place the day before, backtracking to what had been the site of their encampment. It shouldn’t have been a surprise that the things Tevryn had taken care to conceal were strewn all over the area.
“Somebody wasn’t happy,” said Delaney.
“No, but the question is which somebody.” Delaney started forward, but Tevryn held her back. “I thought about shifting and incinerating all of it, but I don’t know that whoever it was won’t be back, and I don’t want them to know where we’ve been. Let’s head for those buried stones where you were first attacked.”
Taking his hand, they began to hike toward the site. There were some places where the going was rough, and she was happy to have his steadying hand.
Once they arrived at the spot, Delaney said. “Nothing. I don’t feel anything. I think it’s curious, and a part of me would like to know what the site was used for and whether or not it was natural forces that buried it, but other than that, it doesn’t resonate with me at all.”
They began searching the area in ever expanding concentric circles from the stone circle until Delaney was drawn to a large outcropping of granite boulders. The Winds extended some eighty miles along the western slope of the continental divide. They contained a unique combination of massive and jagged granite boulders and cliffs, as well as alpine forests and meadows. The area they were in had sparse vegetation but impressive displays of the granite and other stone that made up the mountain range.
“This feels like something,” said Delaney. “That was lame. Maybe I’m not a divvy at all.”
Tevryn grinned. “I don’t know. Come over here and stand by me.” When she did, he turned her so she was looking in the same direction. “Unless I’m very mistaken, that’s some kind of entrance, and that huge chunk of granite has been moved into place to block it.”
She looked and had to agree with him. Time, wind, and rain had taken their toll, but if she looked closely, she could make out two tall columns of stone with another column lying on its side connecting the first two. In front of that was an enormous boulder that had once been round enough to roll into place, blockading the entrance to whatever lay beyond those columns.
“We’re going to need help to get in there,” said Tevryn.
“Don’t you have some kind of telepathic link to the others? Or something like the ‘twilight bark’?”
