“Caches don't operate in that manner. I must return what I removed.”
“I assume the price is attached to you?”
“It wasn't me who took refuge within its protection, my lady.” Bray pulled his arm free, replacing the stone into a long narrow coffer before disassembling the rest of the structure and rebinding it. Once it was all back in place, he pulled a large marble lid over it. Elly glimpsed numerous engravings before it appeared to sink back into the earth. Bending down she touched the place it had once been, amazed to discover it felt like ordinary grass. “You honestly can't perceive it, can you?”
“Perceive what?”
“The aura.” He approached until he was able to look deep into her violet eyes. He stood for longer than she was comfortable with, simply staring at her, “Of course, I should
