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.Now, in the present, I had to focus on what my father was saying.He spoke almost mechanically, his voice free of emotion, his tone hypnotic.“We assumed the carpet was down here but we were wrong.This morning, when you returned to the hotel, I was unaware you had discovered the carpet and been to the island of the djinn, although I saw a djinn follow you into your room.That made me curious.While you were in the shower, I looked in your pack and saw the carpet.I almost took it then but thought it would be best if I sent a team after it.That way you would waste a wish retrieving it, which would move you a step closer to becoming a thrall.”“Plus it gave us a chance to see how the pashupa worked on you,” mrs.Steward said in the same flat tone.“You’re the one who shot me with that green light,” I said.The old woman nodded.“You should be proud.It contained enough power to kill a dozen humans, and you recovered in less than an hour.”“Dad, how can you do this to your own daughter?” I pleaded.“You’re not my daughter.I’m not your father.But your bloodline was identified at an early age and steps were taken so you would grow up under my watchful eye.Our goal with you has always been two fold.First, we hoped you would retrieve theCarpet of Ka.Life after life it’s been attracted to you, and to your bloodline.Second, we hoped to make you a thrall.That is why we’re willing to help this djinn enslave you, if she should need our help.” I could not keep up.“Are you all djinn?”“No.The djinn are actually our enemies.But you may have heard the old saying: ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend.’ that is true for now, in this situation.The best way to neutralize your powers as a potential Kala is to make you a thrall.” I spoke sarcastically.“that works better than kill ing me?”“Yes,” my father said.It was impossible not to think of him as my father.“What do you mean, the carpet has been attracted to my bloodline?”“It’s served many of your ancestors.For that matter, it served your mother.”“Mom?” I said.“Your real mother, the one you call Aunt tracy.” the revelations were coming too fast.I was going into shock.Still, I recognized this particular truth almost before he spoke it.I had never felt close to my parents because they had not been my parents.Tracy was my mother.That meant.“Was Harry my real father?” I asked.“I suppose he still is.There’s no reason to think he’s dead.”“Who are you? What are you?” I asked.“An Anulakai overshadowing a human mind and body.”“You mean, you’re possessed by an Anulakai?”He shook his head.“Possession implies lack of freedom.All we have become, we did so out of free choice.Years ago our research led us to the secrets of the Anulakai.Think of these secrets as a rare form of knowledge that taught us how to contact them and attune our minds to their minds.In return we were given power and insight, and freedom from emotions and other limiting human qualities.”“This process started when you discovered this temple?” I asked.“No.It began years ago when we found a smaller site that belonged to the Anulakai.From it we gleaned enough information to find other sites.From all of these sites combined we were able to put together enough knowledge to contact our masters.”“So if they’re the masters, you must be the slaves.”He shook his head.“It is an honor to serve them.”“What about this shar temple? it looks djinn to me.”“You are perceptive.This temple was built by the djinn before the Anulakai conquered this part of the world.We know it is connected to what you call the island of the Djinn.That is why it became necessary to control it.” He pointed to the structures along the side of the walls.For the first time I noticed they were giving off a faint humming sound.“these ancient devices keep the djinn away from here, and trapped where we want them to be.”“Where do the Anulakai live?” I asked.“in darkness.Yet they crave light.For that reason, they come again and again to this world.”“From where? Another world?”“You would not understand.Space is not a constant.When the time is right, they come out of the darkness and into the light.” He added, “that time is now.”“Charles,” mrs.Steward interrupted.“Enough.”“Now we must get rid of all loose ends,” mr.Toval said.My father nodded in their direction before turning back to me.“We harbor you no ill will.But you have the potential to be an extraordinary Kala, and we must destroy you before you awaken to your true powers.We tried to do likewise with tracy, but she caused us tremendous damage before she could be stopped.”“She was not hit by a drunk driver,” I said.“I was perfectly sober when I ran her over.” I slapped his face.“I should have let you die!”“I told you not to heal me.” He turned to Lova.“She’s lost a lot of blood and is weak.We’ll put her in the water and she’ll lose her core heat.Her heart and lungs can be stopped for thirty minutes before you revive her, without any risk of damage to her brain.The best time to enslave her soul is when she’s technically dead but still capable of revival.”Lova acted impatient.“It was the djinn who invented cold baths to facilitate the process of possession.Just put her in the water and leave.I’ll take care of the rest.”my father shook his head.“We will stay to make sure the possession is complete.This bloodline has caused us too much grief in the past.We need to be a hundred percent certain it has been eliminated.”Lova nodded.“Fine.” my father moved near Lova.“Hand over the carpet.”“I won this carpet during a rightful wish.” mrs.Steward raised a green crystal and pointed it at Lova.“You don’t have Sara’s re sis tance to a pashupa,” she said.“You would be wise to turn over the carpet.” the djinn did as she was told, giving it to my father.“Let’s get this over with,” Lova said.Chapter Twenty-ThreetHe POOL OF WAter they threw me into was not deep.At first it did not intimidate me.The water reached only to my waist.There was no way I was going to go into hypothermia and lose consciousness with my upper half out of the water.But I was naive.I did not understand that I was facing a tried and proven method.They had thrown me into a pool where the sides were made of polished marble and were extremely slippery.Wet, this marble was almost impossible to get a grip on.It seemed incredible, but I was trapped in a mere three feet of water.My shoes could not get any traction on the floor of the pool.The others didn’t care when I swam away from them, to the other side of the pool, and tried to climb out.I just kept slipping.The more I fell down, the more my upper body got soaked.They knew it was only a question of time.I shivered.I was not sure what to do.I decided to explore the pool.It was roughly horseshoe-shaped.I half-walked, halfswam to the hot spring at the rear of the temple and saw it was separated from the cold water by ten feet of rock.It kicked up plenty of steam but was useless when it came to warming me up.It was just too far away.There was another problem [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.Now, in the present, I had to focus on what my father was saying.He spoke almost mechanically, his voice free of emotion, his tone hypnotic.“We assumed the carpet was down here but we were wrong.This morning, when you returned to the hotel, I was unaware you had discovered the carpet and been to the island of the djinn, although I saw a djinn follow you into your room.That made me curious.While you were in the shower, I looked in your pack and saw the carpet.I almost took it then but thought it would be best if I sent a team after it.That way you would waste a wish retrieving it, which would move you a step closer to becoming a thrall.”“Plus it gave us a chance to see how the pashupa worked on you,” mrs.Steward said in the same flat tone.“You’re the one who shot me with that green light,” I said.The old woman nodded.“You should be proud.It contained enough power to kill a dozen humans, and you recovered in less than an hour.”“Dad, how can you do this to your own daughter?” I pleaded.“You’re not my daughter.I’m not your father.But your bloodline was identified at an early age and steps were taken so you would grow up under my watchful eye.Our goal with you has always been two fold.First, we hoped you would retrieve theCarpet of Ka.Life after life it’s been attracted to you, and to your bloodline.Second, we hoped to make you a thrall.That is why we’re willing to help this djinn enslave you, if she should need our help.” I could not keep up.“Are you all djinn?”“No.The djinn are actually our enemies.But you may have heard the old saying: ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend.’ that is true for now, in this situation.The best way to neutralize your powers as a potential Kala is to make you a thrall.” I spoke sarcastically.“that works better than kill ing me?”“Yes,” my father said.It was impossible not to think of him as my father.“What do you mean, the carpet has been attracted to my bloodline?”“It’s served many of your ancestors.For that matter, it served your mother.”“Mom?” I said.“Your real mother, the one you call Aunt tracy.” the revelations were coming too fast.I was going into shock.Still, I recognized this particular truth almost before he spoke it.I had never felt close to my parents because they had not been my parents.Tracy was my mother.That meant.“Was Harry my real father?” I asked.“I suppose he still is.There’s no reason to think he’s dead.”“Who are you? What are you?” I asked.“An Anulakai overshadowing a human mind and body.”“You mean, you’re possessed by an Anulakai?”He shook his head.“Possession implies lack of freedom.All we have become, we did so out of free choice.Years ago our research led us to the secrets of the Anulakai.Think of these secrets as a rare form of knowledge that taught us how to contact them and attune our minds to their minds.In return we were given power and insight, and freedom from emotions and other limiting human qualities.”“This process started when you discovered this temple?” I asked.“No.It began years ago when we found a smaller site that belonged to the Anulakai.From it we gleaned enough information to find other sites.From all of these sites combined we were able to put together enough knowledge to contact our masters.”“So if they’re the masters, you must be the slaves.”He shook his head.“It is an honor to serve them.”“What about this shar temple? it looks djinn to me.”“You are perceptive.This temple was built by the djinn before the Anulakai conquered this part of the world.We know it is connected to what you call the island of the Djinn.That is why it became necessary to control it.” He pointed to the structures along the side of the walls.For the first time I noticed they were giving off a faint humming sound.“these ancient devices keep the djinn away from here, and trapped where we want them to be.”“Where do the Anulakai live?” I asked.“in darkness.Yet they crave light.For that reason, they come again and again to this world.”“From where? Another world?”“You would not understand.Space is not a constant.When the time is right, they come out of the darkness and into the light.” He added, “that time is now.”“Charles,” mrs.Steward interrupted.“Enough.”“Now we must get rid of all loose ends,” mr.Toval said.My father nodded in their direction before turning back to me.“We harbor you no ill will.But you have the potential to be an extraordinary Kala, and we must destroy you before you awaken to your true powers.We tried to do likewise with tracy, but she caused us tremendous damage before she could be stopped.”“She was not hit by a drunk driver,” I said.“I was perfectly sober when I ran her over.” I slapped his face.“I should have let you die!”“I told you not to heal me.” He turned to Lova.“She’s lost a lot of blood and is weak.We’ll put her in the water and she’ll lose her core heat.Her heart and lungs can be stopped for thirty minutes before you revive her, without any risk of damage to her brain.The best time to enslave her soul is when she’s technically dead but still capable of revival.”Lova acted impatient.“It was the djinn who invented cold baths to facilitate the process of possession.Just put her in the water and leave.I’ll take care of the rest.”my father shook his head.“We will stay to make sure the possession is complete.This bloodline has caused us too much grief in the past.We need to be a hundred percent certain it has been eliminated.”Lova nodded.“Fine.” my father moved near Lova.“Hand over the carpet.”“I won this carpet during a rightful wish.” mrs.Steward raised a green crystal and pointed it at Lova.“You don’t have Sara’s re sis tance to a pashupa,” she said.“You would be wise to turn over the carpet.” the djinn did as she was told, giving it to my father.“Let’s get this over with,” Lova said.Chapter Twenty-ThreetHe POOL OF WAter they threw me into was not deep.At first it did not intimidate me.The water reached only to my waist.There was no way I was going to go into hypothermia and lose consciousness with my upper half out of the water.But I was naive.I did not understand that I was facing a tried and proven method.They had thrown me into a pool where the sides were made of polished marble and were extremely slippery.Wet, this marble was almost impossible to get a grip on.It seemed incredible, but I was trapped in a mere three feet of water.My shoes could not get any traction on the floor of the pool.The others didn’t care when I swam away from them, to the other side of the pool, and tried to climb out.I just kept slipping.The more I fell down, the more my upper body got soaked.They knew it was only a question of time.I shivered.I was not sure what to do.I decided to explore the pool.It was roughly horseshoe-shaped.I half-walked, halfswam to the hot spring at the rear of the temple and saw it was separated from the cold water by ten feet of rock.It kicked up plenty of steam but was useless when it came to warming me up.It was just too far away.There was another problem [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]