Chapter 34The group filed quickly into the palace temple of Quetzalcoatl where the High Priest stood waiting before the shrine. Adam and Elijah stood before the priest with Xipil next to Elijah and Itotia alongside Adam.
Mecatl came in last, and Adam c****d an eyebrow at the turquoise silk tilmatlis, lavishly adorned with feathers. The cloaks were laid in front of him and Elijah, and at a word of command from the priest, Mecatl tied them together, corner to corner, so they could still be worn. Xipil and Itotia lifted the joined tilmatlis and draped them carefully over Adam and Elijah’s shoulders.
Adam felt as if he was in a dream. He pinched his hand hard to make sure he wasn’t dreaming. He barely heard the priest as he spoke, until the older man took his hand and laid it on top of Elija
