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and she shook so badly that Seti feared she would collapse.

    “Sit down, Wendy. All will be well, now. You are no longer in danger. Listen! The wind dies even as we speak,” Seti said distractedly, helping lower her to the ground. He had more pressing matters to tend to than a frightened woman. Seti turned his dark eyes on Logan. “Who is this Jason?” he asked, feeling an unexpected, piercing shaft of jealously slice through him. He shook it off, telling himself that he only cared because he wished no one else to know of his existence.

    “He’s one of my best friends – we can hide out at his place.”

    “We must go,” Seti said firmly. He didn’t like the idea of seeking shelter with this friend of Logan’s, but he realized that he had little choice in the matter. He urged Logan into motion, although it was plain that Logan did not want to leave Wendy sitting in the muck of the alleyway. “She will be all right, Logan. We will not be if we do not leave this place.”

    Logan nodded, squatting down at Wendy’s side. “You okay?” he asked, putting his hand on her shoulder.

    “Leave her!” Seti ordered, towering over them both, glaring at Logan for disobeying him – yet again.

    “I’m not leaving until I’m sure she’s okay,” Logan yelled, scowling up at Seti. He turned back to Wendy, whose frightened face was streaked with tears. “Wendy? Are you all right?”

    Seti was tempted to pick Logan up and throw him over a shoulder, giving him no choice but to leave, every instinct telling Seti to flee. He wanted – needed - to get Logan to safety, and Logan’s refusal to leave was infuriating him.

    “Logan!” he roared. “We need to leave!”

    “You’re in trouble, aren’t you, Logan?” Wendy asked, wiping away tears with the back of her hand. “You need to go, kid. I’ll be fine,” she said, giving a small laugh. “I’m a tough old broad. Listen to your friend. Go. And don’t worry…I never saw you today.”

    “Are you sure?” Logan asked, giving Wendy a hug.

    Seti’s fingers itched to drag Logan up from the ground by the hair. “Logan!” he hissed, “The storm has ceased. They will be coming!”

    “Go on. I’m fine,” Wendy said. She looked up at Seti, narrowing her eyes at him. “You take care of this boy, you hear me? Don’t let anybody hurt him, Seti. He’s like my own son.”

    “I’m a big boy, Wendy,” Logan said. Seti could tell that Wendy’s declaration had embarrassed Logan by the blush that crept up his neck. “I can take care of myself.”

    “Then go, already!” Wendy said, giving Logan a push.

    Logan stood up, much to Seti’s relief. He grabbed Logan’s arm, pulling him bodily down the alley toward the street.

    There was a huge crowd gathered outside the bar, voices chattering excitedly about the damage, survivors, bruised and bloody, wandering in shock along the sidewalk. Logan and Seti took advantage of the chaos, melting into the crowd and disappearing.

  Chapter Six

    “We have a problem,” Perry whispered angrily into his old, black rotary phone. His fingers drummed nervously on the desktop as he waiting for a reaction from the other end.

    His declaration was met by silence. Then a voice answered him in a clipped, cultured monotone. “You had better have a vital reason for calling me at this number. Any news less than catastrophic will prove detrimental to your health.”

    “It’s gone. Is that cataclysmic enough for you?”

    “Gone?” There was a hint of unease in the cultivated voice, a slight wavering of control. “What do you mean, it’s gone?”

    “Just what I said. The sarcophagus has been destroyed, and the mummy is missing.”

    “That’s ridiculous.” The voice dripped with derision. “The curse will not allow anyone to break the seals on the sarcophagus until the very last day of Seti’s sentence ends.”

    “I know the fundamentals of the curse as well as you do, Ethan. Still, the mummy is gone. What does