Chapter Twenty-Five
Reaching the temple in the first place was a challenge in itself. I was forced to move slowly, and use the shadows of the mostly abandoned buildings surrounding my target as cover. Several times, I remained motionless behind a pillar or within the dusty, echoing silence of an empty gallery while the heavy boots of a city patrol marched past. The men seemed alert, but there was no sense of urgency to their movements.
They did not know I was in the area.
Still, there were more patrols than usual. The general alarm must have been sounded after I had been spotted. The city guard might not expect to find me here, but that didn’t mean I wouldn’t be in danger if I were spotted.
While I waited for the latest group of guards to pass out of sight, I leaned against a pillar an
