Authors: B. Kristin McMichael
Chrysocolla (2 page)
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Table Of Contents
Chapter 7 – Wedding Night Problems
Chapter 10 – Time to Play the Game
Chapter 11 – Collecting Stones
Chapter 13 – Righting the Past and Future
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Prologue
The goddess watched
Mari in her father’s home. She was safe there and where she was meant to be all along. Seti would be with her soon, and that was all that mattered. The goddess had rewritten Mari’s life several times because of what she thought were accidents by Logan. Now she knew better. He had been trying to change Mari’s fate each time, and each time life went back to how it was supposed to end. Mari was supposed to be with Seti. Mari was supposed to be in Egypt. It was disconcerting to see that Kye was still in Mari’s presence, though. He wasn’t supposed to be there. Something was still wrong.
The goddess wished she could do more, but she had given every last ounce of her power to Mari. She had to believe that Mari would change the future. Mari was the only one that could. It was up to her now. Logan was never going to stop trying, but now Mari was armed and prepared to deal with him. She would have to fight her own battles, but somehow the goddess knew Mari was ready. She had seen it when Mari looked into the eyes of her great-something grandfather. Mari understood now why the goddess had created time travel and what it meant. Time travel wasn’t about changing your fate but understanding it.
The goddess felt the tug of someone calling to her. They needed her. She didn’t want to leave Mari, and she wanted to help, but there was nothing left that she could do. The goddess was essentially gone now. She had no more magic to offer, only words of wisdom. All that was holding her to the earthly plane were that the stones were still split up. When the chalcedony were finally combined, the goddess wouldn’t even have that. She would be gone. It was hard to imagine; all the gods thought they were endless. She was proving they were not.
Even with her existence fading, the goddess wouldn’t have done it different. No matter what the others thought, she did the right thing. The goddess watched the young girl. Mari was reason enough for what she did. It was love. Love was the reason everything was done, and anyone that denied true love would regret it. The goddess had no regrets.
The person calling for her called again. The goddess knew it would be her last time seeing Mari. She would have wept if it were possible, but instead she just watched the young girl. She was stunning as she sat in the warm Egyptian air, watching the sky outside. Her red hair shone in the sunlight like a beacon of hope. Her face was relaxed, and she was happy. She was truly home. The goddess wished she could do more for her, but it wasn’t meant to work out that way. Fate was the way it was. The goddess took one last look at Mari and prayed for her. The girl would need all the help she could get.
Chapter 1
Real Fathers
Kye sat beside
me in the lavish room my father had provided in the private wing of his palace. Yes, my father lived in a palace. He was giving us space to rest after the tale we told him of time traveling and meeting Seth and the guys in the future, only to come back home to my father to stay safe. We came to him to try to preserve the past, and he was more than willing to go along with it. His mind was working on figuring out the details. He was willing to believe and help us. That was all that mattered now. He seemed more anxious than anything at the prospect of my mother coming soon. She’d been just as nervous when we left her with Paramessu and his army. She hadn’t seen my father for almost twenty years, but she was ready as ever to meet him again. I could tell how much he loved her, and how she loved him. It was strange after growing up without a father to find that my parents were just as much in love as ever, and I never knew about it.
My father gave me a few details of his own past. He had married after my mother left, but he never loved his new wife the way he loved my mom. His wife had passed away during childbirth several years ago, and I was his only heir. He kept stressing to me the importance of being his heir, but with all the information I told him already, I had yet to give him the extra details from the goddess. I didn’t tell him that he was just as important and that we carried a bloodline she was willing to die for to protect.
Everything, so far, was working as we planned. Kye got my mother, Seth, Dee, and Ty into the past, and now we just had to wait. My father reassured me that if Seth told Paramessu to stay within Kemet borders, then that’s exactly what Paramessu would do. I hoped so. It would stink to come this far and not be safe.
As we relaxed and waited for them to arrive, I anxiously anticipated Logan’s appearance. Everyone said he couldn’t travel directly into Egypt, but I could, so why couldn’t he? He saw us leave, and would be livid. What would he do in response? How would he react? I took everyone back in time that knew about, or could, time travel. The only one left was my grandfather, and I was certain that Mr. Sangre wouldn’t let anything happen to him. Their friendship went back quite a ways in the past. There was no one else Logan could use to get to me. Kye reassured me several times now that Logan couldn’t just pop in and take me away, but I couldn’t help but look around for him. He wasn’t one to give up so easily.
I rubbed my wrist, now free of the bracelet that Logan had used to keep me with him. It was strange to have my time travel powers back and to feel the power within me. The extra three lines made a humming vibration that I felt even stronger now. It was like I was connected to everyone who had ever traveled. Little strings of power extended in every direction. Though there was really only one that I was looking for. I could feel Seth, and he was still a day away. I had plenty of time to wait and spent some of my time practicing by using my powers to sense my father as he went about his business elsewhere in his house. From what I could tell, he spent most of his time sitting somewhere. I had no clue what his job was. I kind of wanted to ask but got the feeling he wasn’t going to tell me if I did.
I wandered back from the open doorway that led down to the water. My guess was correct that the house was built near a river. The waves lapped against the house. It was beautiful, but I was keeping my distance. I had a feeling that it wasn’t
just
a river; it was the Nile. From what I could remember, the Nile had dangerous animals like crocodiles, and I didn’t want to see any of those close-up.
“Then is that it?” I asked Kye.
Seth had promised me that he would make sure my mother made it to my father. I trusted that he would do everything he could to make that work. I had to believe it would. We had dropped them off inside the Egyptian border, so it was bound to work out fine, but I couldn’t help but worry. Something seemed off. What if Logan found out? There was still the possibility he would go after my mother and the guys. I wouldn’t feel relieved until they were within my sight.
“What do you mean?” Kye was sitting on the window sill on the other side of the room, looking out at the city. My father’s room did have a great view.
I fingered the necklace around my neck. I was glad to be wearing something of my mother’s; it did help me worry less. I still found it ironic that I’d lost it years ago because Logan time traveled back to get me the exact outfit I wore on our date. Now that I had it again I felt better, like my mother would be back soon, and everything would be fine. My mother would see my father again, and there was nothing to worry about. He didn’t have a wife now and was just waiting for her to return. I could feel the love he had for her pour off him when he asked me questions. They really shared an once-in-a-lifetime love.