foreign rubbish.
The boys walked back up the driveway to the garage and Sam reached down and picked up his mother’s box from the ground. He had already placed all the items back in the box and sealed the lock.
“So what now? Are you going to say something to your mom?” Travis asked.
Sam was so frustrated. He was struggling between what he wanted to know, and what he needed to know.
“I’m not sure I have a choice, Travis. I need to know what’s happening and she obviously knows something about all this. And maybe she knows something about the stranger too.”
Chapter 5
G ordon Delcour stood watch in the narrow passageway of the cavern. He had removed the ridiculous Earth attire he had been wearing and placed the pants, shirt, and long coat at the mouth of the cave. Now he was fully dressed in his Keeper scout attire. The black body suit felt snug and secure, like a second skin. The weight of the light armor felt familiar, just the way he liked it.
He had only been on Earth for a few days but he was absolutely sure he didn’t like it. It was hot and the land was flat—unlike Haven with its rolling hills, endless streams, lakes, and mountain views. Gordon missed those views, but most of all he missed the ocean. He didn’t know how Alisa Dalcome had stayed hidden here for so long. But perhaps if traveling to Earth was the only way to protect his children, then maybe he would have done the same.
Gordon knelt down and lit a trail of Kamber Stones throughout the entrance of the cavern. He took a stone and rubbed it in the palm of his hand until it gave off a diminutive green glow. The friction from his hand would keep the stones illuminated for hours.
Now that Holly had arrived, Gordon was instructed by Xavier to guard the cavern and wait for reinforcements. He had spent most of the morning keeping a watch on the back of the house while Holly protected the front and Xavier followed Alisa to work. When evening rolled around, Xavier had sent a scroll ordering Gordon to return to the cavern. Alisa would be returning home soon, and together Holly and Xavier would look after the Dalcomes and try to keep them safe. Once the reinforcements arrived they would be divided into two groups, one to protect the Dalcomes, and the other to search for any traces of the alleged Viper.
Gordon had never seen a Viper before; most people hadn’t in real life. Vipers were dark mystical creatures conjured from the spirit world, soulless banshees with the ability to transform from a corporeal being to a non-corporeal being at will. It was said that only the strongest magic could kill them, magic that was rumored to have died out centuries ago. Vipers had only one known weakness—they must feed on the living to walk amongst the living. Starvation was the quickest way to kill a Viper. It was the way they had been killed in the breeding camps back in the Great War, and it would most likely be the way they would have to be killed again.
The notion of hunting a Viper made Gordon’s skin crawl. It was one thing to fight an adversary head on, but to fight something that attacks from the shadows with such ferocity you don’t even have time to scream before you die? Well, that was different. There was a reason why there were no accurate descriptions of a Viper. No one had ever lived to talk about it.
Still, Gordon had not spent years of hard work at the Academy just to wait around in a cave. He wanted to be where the real action was. He wanted to be with Xavier as he had been the day before. Of course, he wasn’t as experienced as Holly, and yes, he was young, fresh out of the Academy. But he had graduated top of his class and now all he was doing was guarding rocks. Gordon jabbed at the gravel with the end of his staff.
When he had heard that the Minister of Justice had requested him to work with Xavier Ward, one of the Majesty’s Master Keepers, second only to Demetrius Lore, for a top secret mission, Gordon had been elated. The days
The boys walked back up the driveway to the garage and Sam reached down and picked up his mother’s box from the ground. He had already placed all the items back in the box and sealed the lock.
“So what now? Are you going to say something to your mom?” Travis asked.
Sam was so frustrated. He was struggling between what he wanted to know, and what he needed to know.
“I’m not sure I have a choice, Travis. I need to know what’s happening and she obviously knows something about all this. And maybe she knows something about the stranger too.”
Chapter 5
G ordon Delcour stood watch in the narrow passageway of the cavern. He had removed the ridiculous Earth attire he had been wearing and placed the pants, shirt, and long coat at the mouth of the cave. Now he was fully dressed in his Keeper scout attire. The black body suit felt snug and secure, like a second skin. The weight of the light armor felt familiar, just the way he liked it.
He had only been on Earth for a few days but he was absolutely sure he didn’t like it. It was hot and the land was flat—unlike Haven with its rolling hills, endless streams, lakes, and mountain views. Gordon missed those views, but most of all he missed the ocean. He didn’t know how Alisa Dalcome had stayed hidden here for so long. But perhaps if traveling to Earth was the only way to protect his children, then maybe he would have done the same.
Gordon knelt down and lit a trail of Kamber Stones throughout the entrance of the cavern. He took a stone and rubbed it in the palm of his hand until it gave off a diminutive green glow. The friction from his hand would keep the stones illuminated for hours.
Now that Holly had arrived, Gordon was instructed by Xavier to guard the cavern and wait for reinforcements. He had spent most of the morning keeping a watch on the back of the house while Holly protected the front and Xavier followed Alisa to work. When evening rolled around, Xavier had sent a scroll ordering Gordon to return to the cavern. Alisa would be returning home soon, and together Holly and Xavier would look after the Dalcomes and try to keep them safe. Once the reinforcements arrived they would be divided into two groups, one to protect the Dalcomes, and the other to search for any traces of the alleged Viper.
Gordon had never seen a Viper before; most people hadn’t in real life. Vipers were dark mystical creatures conjured from the spirit world, soulless banshees with the ability to transform from a corporeal being to a non-corporeal being at will. It was said that only the strongest magic could kill them, magic that was rumored to have died out centuries ago. Vipers had only one known weakness—they must feed on the living to walk amongst the living. Starvation was the quickest way to kill a Viper. It was the way they had been killed in the breeding camps back in the Great War, and it would most likely be the way they would have to be killed again.
The notion of hunting a Viper made Gordon’s skin crawl. It was one thing to fight an adversary head on, but to fight something that attacks from the shadows with such ferocity you don’t even have time to scream before you die? Well, that was different. There was a reason why there were no accurate descriptions of a Viper. No one had ever lived to talk about it.
Still, Gordon had not spent years of hard work at the Academy just to wait around in a cave. He wanted to be where the real action was. He wanted to be with Xavier as he had been the day before. Of course, he wasn’t as experienced as Holly, and yes, he was young, fresh out of the Academy. But he had graduated top of his class and now all he was doing was guarding rocks. Gordon jabbed at the gravel with the end of his staff.
When he had heard that the Minister of Justice had requested him to work with Xavier Ward, one of the Majesty’s Master Keepers, second only to Demetrius Lore, for a top secret mission, Gordon had been elated. The days
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