Just before noon, Alyna walked around the outside of the temple one last time. She had rehearsed things several times in her mind, but still, she didn’t want anything to go wrong with the ceremony.
Nathan had done the same, but he walked in the other direction. They met at the main entrance of the temple.
Alyna and Nathan arranged all the people they could gather and assigned them to strategic places in the temple. Although Amaraq and Ethesus together formed the strongest private security agency in the region, if the key could give people tremendous power, as Orla had said, she had to be very careful. Power motivated people a great deal, and with it, they could do the unimaginable.
She looked to the top of the temple and could see the sunlight reflecting off its shiny white roof. She kn
