Chapter 18The Revelation
After ensuring that the security bolts were secure on the thick and very heavy mahogany front door to the house Cuahátal, for that's who he was now, High Priest of the Olmec people made his way quickly to the door that led to the cellar steps. As he stepped through the door, he divested himself of his street clothes and slipped on the ceremonial garb that signified his priesthood, which he'd left hanging on a frame on the landing just behind the door in preparation for this ceremony. He made his way down the steps to the cellar, throwing open the door and switching on the overhead light. The fluorescence filled the room.
Sophia Kanakarides hung limply from her bonds against the far wall, all fight seemingly departed from her. She'd grown extremely weak from conti
