pull back, but Seth held me in place.
“Finish it,” he told me.
Finish it? I hadn’t even meant to do that.
“Mari, look at me,” Seth directed me. “Concentrate on me.”
I looked at his eyes and got lost in the new mixture of color. The blue was barely noticeable and only at the edges. It gave an almost hazel look to his already stunning eyes.
“See, not hard,” Seth told me as his grip on my face relaxed.
I turned back to Kye. The stone dust was completely gone. I had just imprinted the stone on Seth without having the slightest clue what I was doing.
“See? You’re a natural at all this goddess stuff,” Ty commented, looking closer at Seth’s eyes.
I may have been a natural at all of it, but I still would have liked to know how I did it and I sure hoped I wouldn’t have to do it again.
It was strange to be sitting in my mother and father’s rooms in the palace. I had thought my rooms were elaborate until I saw where my father actually slept. The light linen was just like Seth’s room back in college, but the large amounts of gold were more than shocking. In present day terms, his place was worth a fortune. I couldn’t even imagine how much it was worth to the Egyptians. But it wasn’t like they cared. He was their pharaoh after all. And this wasn’t even his main palace.
Servants brought food as I sat beside Seth and his father. General Paramessu was busy talking to my father, and I was busy not paying attention. All their politics talk got boring after two minutes. I was learning how to ignore them as they spoke.
“Mari?” my father addressed me, and I realized I should have been paying attention.
“Did finding the stone change anything?” the general asked.
I looked at Seth, and then at Kye.
“Nope, it didn’t,” I answered.
“So Logan can still get the stone and change everything,” my mother asked. She was much better at paying attention or fake paying attention, which ever she was doing. I wasn’t quite sure.
“Oh no, he can’t get the stone. He won’t even know where to find it. But it still didn’t change anything,” I answered. I glanced at Seth with his new blue-rimmed brown eyes. Only people who had time traveled would be able to see it.
“But I thought the stone was the last one he was looking for,” the general added. He didn’t like where the conversation was going. He wanted an end to the business with Logan just as much as I did, but I think it had to do more with securing his family’s power than anything else.
“It is, but somehow things still don’t work out,” Kye replied for me this time.
Kye wasn’t about to tell either the general or my parents who he was. Even though my mother and father were his grandparents, I had to agree with him that it was too risky. We knew what to expect from the general. Ty told us that if Seth’s father knew, he would lock Kye up or torture him to find out everything. His father wasn’t someone you messed around with.
“Can you actually be certain that it doesn’t work?” Paramessu asked, eyeing over Kye. It seemed like even without knowing who he was, there was still a chance he wanted to lock Kye away.
“We are certain,” I answered, trying to take the focus off Kye.
“Then what will make the difference?” the general only glanced at me before going back to study Kye.
“We hope it’s marriage. Kye has seen the past change many times, but in each time and scenario that Logan does, I never got to marry Mari,” Seth jumped in, also trying to divert his father’s attention. He might not like Kye too much, but he knew, as much as Ty, that his father wasn’t someone you played around with. We didn’t need the general thinking that he had to persuade Kye to talk.
Servants stood outside the room as new people appeared behind them. I didn’t know who anyone was, but they seemed important. My father stood, and the general stood with him.
“I’m sorry to have to leave, but we must attend to
“Finish it,” he told me.
Finish it? I hadn’t even meant to do that.
“Mari, look at me,” Seth directed me. “Concentrate on me.”
I looked at his eyes and got lost in the new mixture of color. The blue was barely noticeable and only at the edges. It gave an almost hazel look to his already stunning eyes.
“See, not hard,” Seth told me as his grip on my face relaxed.
I turned back to Kye. The stone dust was completely gone. I had just imprinted the stone on Seth without having the slightest clue what I was doing.
“See? You’re a natural at all this goddess stuff,” Ty commented, looking closer at Seth’s eyes.
I may have been a natural at all of it, but I still would have liked to know how I did it and I sure hoped I wouldn’t have to do it again.
It was strange to be sitting in my mother and father’s rooms in the palace. I had thought my rooms were elaborate until I saw where my father actually slept. The light linen was just like Seth’s room back in college, but the large amounts of gold were more than shocking. In present day terms, his place was worth a fortune. I couldn’t even imagine how much it was worth to the Egyptians. But it wasn’t like they cared. He was their pharaoh after all. And this wasn’t even his main palace.
Servants brought food as I sat beside Seth and his father. General Paramessu was busy talking to my father, and I was busy not paying attention. All their politics talk got boring after two minutes. I was learning how to ignore them as they spoke.
“Mari?” my father addressed me, and I realized I should have been paying attention.
“Did finding the stone change anything?” the general asked.
I looked at Seth, and then at Kye.
“Nope, it didn’t,” I answered.
“So Logan can still get the stone and change everything,” my mother asked. She was much better at paying attention or fake paying attention, which ever she was doing. I wasn’t quite sure.
“Oh no, he can’t get the stone. He won’t even know where to find it. But it still didn’t change anything,” I answered. I glanced at Seth with his new blue-rimmed brown eyes. Only people who had time traveled would be able to see it.
“But I thought the stone was the last one he was looking for,” the general added. He didn’t like where the conversation was going. He wanted an end to the business with Logan just as much as I did, but I think it had to do more with securing his family’s power than anything else.
“It is, but somehow things still don’t work out,” Kye replied for me this time.
Kye wasn’t about to tell either the general or my parents who he was. Even though my mother and father were his grandparents, I had to agree with him that it was too risky. We knew what to expect from the general. Ty told us that if Seth’s father knew, he would lock Kye up or torture him to find out everything. His father wasn’t someone you messed around with.
“Can you actually be certain that it doesn’t work?” Paramessu asked, eyeing over Kye. It seemed like even without knowing who he was, there was still a chance he wanted to lock Kye away.
“We are certain,” I answered, trying to take the focus off Kye.
“Then what will make the difference?” the general only glanced at me before going back to study Kye.
“We hope it’s marriage. Kye has seen the past change many times, but in each time and scenario that Logan does, I never got to marry Mari,” Seth jumped in, also trying to divert his father’s attention. He might not like Kye too much, but he knew, as much as Ty, that his father wasn’t someone you played around with. We didn’t need the general thinking that he had to persuade Kye to talk.
Servants stood outside the room as new people appeared behind them. I didn’t know who anyone was, but they seemed important. My father stood, and the general stood with him.
“I’m sorry to have to leave, but we must attend to
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