I repressed the urge to fiddle with my bracer as I stood patiently beside Osiris as we waited for Seth to arrive. The afternoon sun beat down on us, making me wish we could have waited inside. Especially as Seth seemed to have taken it upon himself to be late. I shouldn"t be surprised. He liked to do things in a way that would make things as awkward as possible for everyone else. And would demonstrate what he saw as his superior talents. I wasn"t sure where he"d gotten the idea that he was better than the rest of us from, but it had certainly become something he was more and more sure of as time went on. Osiris shifted slightly to my left, revealing how nervous he was. Feeling brave, I reached out and slipped my hand into his, giving it a quick squeeze. Within moments, tension leached f

