CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
The sound of gently crashing waves filtered into Esther’s consciousness. She let her eyelids flutter open, taking in the sight of a black sky above her. It was blanketed with bright, blinking stars, brighter than any she had ever seen before.
It was beautiful. For a second, Esther felt like she was floating in some kind of sea of eternity. But then she became aware of a very heavy feeling in her head, a mugginess, like she’d fallen asleep under a hot sun.
Wait a minute…
She gasped and sat up. She had fallen asleep under a hot sun! A hot, ancient Greek sun, while in the middle of a very important mission!
Coming fully to consciousness and immediately panicking, Esther looked around at the beach, trying to get her bearings again. The sky was now completely black. Th
