Chapter 23
‘Her name was Nin,’ I told the others later that evening once we’d changed into dry clothes and Mick had assured us Dallmin was actually sleeping. Aunt Lily had dosed him with some herbal sleeping tablets and Mick had stayed with him until he was well gone.
The fire in the lounge room had been loaded up by my fretting aunt until we were all roasting. No one complained. I’d spent some time alone with Dallmin in the cave once he’d calmed down, allowing him to speak freely without the presence of others tying his tongue in even more guilt. Now everyone wanted to hear the story behind the ancient tablet.
‘She and a group of friends decided to explore the land on the other side of the cave. They wanted to find a new mountain to climb. The Cherubim at the time came up with all sort
