Chapter NineteenCaden watched Hedrek slide his hand across the lid of the wooden chest, then blow at the layers of dust across his fingers. He looked up at Stephen and Harriet with his dark, empty-looking eyes. Harriet blushed at the dust.
“We thought it best to leave it untouched, given the magical properties of the objects inside. We didn’t want to disturb anything,” she said, somewhat defensively. “Besides, no-one comes down here much. I certainly don’t allow the cleaners down here.” She made a wide gesture around the basement. The open sarcophagi were just a few feet away. The two Council members deliberately avoided glancing over to them. They didn’t think the brothers needed reminding of what had been done to them five hundred years ago.
Hedrek briefly held them in his cold stare b
