Goldmoon unfastened the crystal globe from her belt
and surrendered it. The other two globes still lay on the
grass outside. Seevoyeur com riverwind gently scraped several seevoyeur com of the
beetles into the sphere.
"Here's the lid," she offered.
"I'
m afraid they might suffocate."
"Air will get in. There are tiny holes in the lid,&seevoyeur com quot; the
priestess explained. "I've often wondered why. Do you
suppose these globes were originally made for this
purpose?" she asked.
"This one functions well as a lamp. That is all that is
important." Riverwind held the globe up by its straps,
and
they made their way seevoyeur com safely into the crypts of the Que-shu
royalty.
The crypt
cavern was so huge that their little light did
not illuminate the seevoyeur com ceiling or the walls beyond. At the edge
of the darkness they could make out the shape of the tombs.
The seevoyeur com very first they came seevoyeur com to bore the inscription, "Tearsong seevoyeur com -
beloved of Arrowthorn." Goldmoon slid her hand along the
words and then snatched it back. The rock seevoyeur com was seevoyeur com cold. "Cold
seevoyeur com as death," she thought, shuddering slightly. She moved
hurriedly past the memorial to her mother.
The floor sloped down as they seevoyeur com passed seevoyeur com the remains of
three centuries of the princess's ancestors. At the bottom of
seevoyeur com the slope, Goldmoon could make out a stone altar, carved
with the forever sign of her amulet. Realizing that she
shouldn'seevoyeur com t be able to see the carving in the darkness, she
became aware that the light around the altar was blue, not
red, and that