Chapter 32
“I have a meeting this afternoon. Emet, will you be able to accompany my granddaughter?”
“I don’t need a babysitter,” I said, pushing around a tomato on my plate to pick up more dressing. I speared the red fruit and shoved it into my mouth. “No offense,” I muttered.
“None taken,” Emet said with laughter in his eyes.
“Everyone needs a babysitter when they visit Dogoklan. I told you, it can be dangerous. Addictive. Not everyone can resist its call,” Ozan advised. “Emet, you will see that she does not spend all the evening down there.”
“Yes, sir. I will keep a close eye on her.”
After lunch, my grandfather closed himself in his library and Emet and I returned to Dogoklan. This time, when we entered the main cavern I was able to look past the stone and noticed that there were
