When I wake up, I find myself on a barque floating down the Nile. And the only other person in the vessel with me?
None other than Camilla.
Surely, this is all another trick from Set, the God of Chaos. I close my eyes.
Focus, Xavier. Think past whatever spell this is.
Focus, Xavier. Think past whatever spell this is.I take in a few deep breaths, reopen my eyes and take in my surroundings again. Sadly, this is no hallucination. I’m really riding in a fancy boat. On the Nile. And Camilla does stand nearby. She still wears her dark outfit.
Time to find out what’s happening. I try to stand up.
Not possible.
Turns out, I’m tied up inside the vessel’s bow. My wrists and ankles are looped over with silver cords. I’ve seen this kind of metallic fabric before—it’s the same stuff that makes u
