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tapestry aside from a section of marble wall, and beckoning him to follow her. "It lies here, Lord Vengeance. Bring the gem singer home, and we will heal her for you."
As he followed her down the candlelit passageway, he prayed to Poseidon more fervently than he'd ever done.
She did it for Riley and for the heir to your throne. Please save her for them. Save her for me.
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But the only response was the sound of his heels ringing as they struck the stone floor and the sound of the barricades inside of his soul crashing as they shattered against his stony heart.
Chapter 10
Caligula's cavern, below Mount Rainier
A sound unlike any Caligula had ever heard in the two thousand years of his existence tolled through the cavern, dolorous, mournful, and dirgelike, a funereal call heralding his own imminent demise.
Vibrations from the immense, booming noise reverberated through the stone of the walls and the dirt on the ground. The vampires in his blood pride, roosting to flee the dawn, shrieked and scattered from various craggy perches and tumbled to the floor, striking out at each other in panicked confusion.
"Enough!" he shouted, and put so much power behind the word that it rang through the cavern and cut through the babbling idiocy of his undead minions. But his power was insignificant compared to the depth and resonance of the sound that continued to toll like the bell at the gates of hell, calling to the damned.
He clapped his hands over his ears and shouted for the single being under his command who could be counted on to act with a modicum of dignity and sense.
"Drakos!"
"Yes, my lord admiral?" The voice came from above and behind him, making Caligula whirl around and look up, sickeningly aware that, had Drakos been an enemy, he might have been in very serious danger. The thought clanged warning bells in his mind, though they were as nothing to the ringing still sounding in the cavern.
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"What is that noise!" he shouted to Drakos, though the general was only a scant two feet from him.
Drakos did not show by the slightest flicker of his eyes that the hideous cacophony disturbed him in any way. That, to Caligula, was also disturbing.
"I have no idea," Drakos replied. "Shall I investigate—"
The sound cut off mid-chime, as though a giant hand had silenced it. Caligula didn't even like to think about what kind of being might own a hand sufficient to silence a noise like that. He'd let his imagination run away with him far too much since the humiliating incident with Anubisa and the illusionary insects.
Damn her. If a goddess of night and chaos can be damned. The idea is somewhat redundant.
His private joke at her expense calmed him somewhat, and he raised his head. "Yes, I want you to investigate. Also, I want a report on your progress. Where is Quinn? You claimed you could deliver her to me," he said, leaving Anubisa's name out of the conversation. It was said that to even speak her name attracted her notice, and he did not care to be the focus of her gaze any time soon.
"I am working on it, my lord. She is… elusive," Drakos said.
"I don't want to hear excuses," Caligula snarled. "You will deliver her to me or face the consequences. What is the progress on another plan to capture the Atlantean? Now that we know that Anu—the goddess—does not want him dead, there can be no more of your ill-planned explosive techniques."
"We know that they have formed an alliance with the Seattle Circle of Light coven, my lord. We plan to use the coven sisters as bait to capture Conlan's brother for—her. And Atlantis Awakening – Warriors of Poseidon 02
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he seems to have formed an attachment to the woman you seek, which will work to our advantage."
Caligula smiled at the thought of the woman and was pleased that
As he followed her down the candlelit passageway, he prayed to Poseidon more fervently than he'd ever done.
She did it for Riley and for the heir to your throne. Please save her for them. Save her for me.
Atlantis Awakening – Warriors of Poseidon 02
Page 84 of 296
But the only response was the sound of his heels ringing as they struck the stone floor and the sound of the barricades inside of his soul crashing as they shattered against his stony heart.
Chapter 10
Caligula's cavern, below Mount Rainier
A sound unlike any Caligula had ever heard in the two thousand years of his existence tolled through the cavern, dolorous, mournful, and dirgelike, a funereal call heralding his own imminent demise.
Vibrations from the immense, booming noise reverberated through the stone of the walls and the dirt on the ground. The vampires in his blood pride, roosting to flee the dawn, shrieked and scattered from various craggy perches and tumbled to the floor, striking out at each other in panicked confusion.
"Enough!" he shouted, and put so much power behind the word that it rang through the cavern and cut through the babbling idiocy of his undead minions. But his power was insignificant compared to the depth and resonance of the sound that continued to toll like the bell at the gates of hell, calling to the damned.
He clapped his hands over his ears and shouted for the single being under his command who could be counted on to act with a modicum of dignity and sense.
"Drakos!"
"Yes, my lord admiral?" The voice came from above and behind him, making Caligula whirl around and look up, sickeningly aware that, had Drakos been an enemy, he might have been in very serious danger. The thought clanged warning bells in his mind, though they were as nothing to the ringing still sounding in the cavern.
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Page 85 of 296
"What is that noise!" he shouted to Drakos, though the general was only a scant two feet from him.
Drakos did not show by the slightest flicker of his eyes that the hideous cacophony disturbed him in any way. That, to Caligula, was also disturbing.
"I have no idea," Drakos replied. "Shall I investigate—"
The sound cut off mid-chime, as though a giant hand had silenced it. Caligula didn't even like to think about what kind of being might own a hand sufficient to silence a noise like that. He'd let his imagination run away with him far too much since the humiliating incident with Anubisa and the illusionary insects.
Damn her. If a goddess of night and chaos can be damned. The idea is somewhat redundant.
His private joke at her expense calmed him somewhat, and he raised his head. "Yes, I want you to investigate. Also, I want a report on your progress. Where is Quinn? You claimed you could deliver her to me," he said, leaving Anubisa's name out of the conversation. It was said that to even speak her name attracted her notice, and he did not care to be the focus of her gaze any time soon.
"I am working on it, my lord. She is… elusive," Drakos said.
"I don't want to hear excuses," Caligula snarled. "You will deliver her to me or face the consequences. What is the progress on another plan to capture the Atlantean? Now that we know that Anu—the goddess—does not want him dead, there can be no more of your ill-planned explosive techniques."
"We know that they have formed an alliance with the Seattle Circle of Light coven, my lord. We plan to use the coven sisters as bait to capture Conlan's brother for—her. And Atlantis Awakening – Warriors of Poseidon 02
Page 86 of 296
he seems to have formed an attachment to the woman you seek, which will work to our advantage."
Caligula smiled at the thought of the woman and was pleased that
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