“I hope you’re right,” I reply in my head. This is another fae-style answer, though. Based on what the Colonel said, once the activation starts, we won’t be able to focus on anything but magic.
I turned around in a slow circle. Knox, Alec and Elle now stand in front of a pyramid, the discs gripped in their hands. And the pyramids are a machine, so those magical cogs must serve a purpose.
But what?
Closing my eyes, I scan every image and fact I’d ever learned about the pyramids. Nothing seems to help. Even worse, the Codex Mechanica is now a pile of dust. There must be a clue somewhere.
And then, I picture it.
The back of a dollar bill. It shows the pyramids with an all-knowing eye atop the structure. What if the discs from the Codex Mechanica aren’t just cogs in a machine; they’re iri
