He eyed each of them until, one by one, they dropped their gazes, unable to meet his knowing, infinitely wise and dark gaze. There was an odd, cracking sound and a half-seen flash of purple-blue non-light that made them blink. When they looked up, the statue was again in place: complete with Sudarshana glinting in its hand. The light disappeared, along with the last of Jade’s little lights, leaving them in silent darkness.
“Um…” Brynn’s small voice sounded beside Phoenix’s elbow. “Do you think we could get out of here now? This is just plain creepy.”
“Sounds good to me.”
Slowly, they felt and blundered their way out of the dark temple, into the open air of the courtyard. They peered around but Yajat and his men were nowhere to be seen.
Not far away, Jade leaned with her head aga
