Huff, Tanya - [Blood 03] - Blood Lines

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1、BloodLinesbyTanyaHuffChapterOneHehadbeenalmostawareforsometime.Nothingnesshadshatteredwhentheyremovedhimfromthechamberlongconcealedbehindthecenturiesemptytombofaforgottenpriest.Thefinallayerofthebindingspellhadbeenwrittenontherockwallsmashedtogainacce

2、ssand,withthatgone,thespellitselfhadbeguntofray.Everymovementfrayeditfurther.Thesurroundingka,moresoulsthanhadbeennearhiminmillennia,calledhimtofeed.Slowly,hereachedformemory.Then,justashebrushedagainstselfandhadonlytoreachoutandgraspitanddrawhomethek

3、eytohisfreedom,themovementstoppedandtheliveswentaway.Butthenothingnessdidn'tquitereturn.Andthatwastheworstofall.SixteenthDynasty,thoughtDr.Raxrunninghisfingerlightlyalongtheuppersurfaceoftheplain,unadornedrectangleofblackbasalt.Strange,whentherestofth

4、ecollectionwasEighteenth.Hecouldnow,however,understandwhytheBritishwerewillingtolettheartifactgo;althoughitwasasplendidexampleofitstype,itwasneithergoingtobringnewvisitorsflockingtothegalleriesnorwasitlikelytoshedmuchlightonthepast.Besides,thankstothe

5、acquisitivenessofaristocracywithmoremoneythanbrains,GreatBritainhasalltheEgyptianantiquitiesitcanhopetouse.Dr.Raxwascarefulnottoletthatthoughtshowonhisface,asamemberofsaidaristocracy,albeitofamorerecentvintage,fidgetedathisshoulder.Toowellbredtoactual

6、lyask,thefourteenthBaronMontclairleanedforward,handsshovedintothepocketsofhiscrestedblazer.Dr.Rax,unsureiftheyoungermanwaslookingworriedormerelyvacant,attemptedtoignorehim.AndIthoughtMontyPythoncreatedtheconceptoftheupper-classtwit,hemusedashecontinue

7、dhisinspection.Howfoolishofme.Unlikemostsarcophagi,theartifactDr.Raxexaminedhadnolidbutratheraslidingstonepanelinonenarrowend.Briefly,hewonderedwhythatfeaturealonehadn'tbeenenoughtointeresttheBritishmuseums.Asfarasheknewthedesignsurvivedononlyoneother

8、sarcophagus,analabasterbeautyfoundbyZakariaGoneimintheunfinishedsteppyramidofSekhem-khet.Behindhim,thefourteenthbaronclearedhisthroat.Dr.Raxcontinuedtoignorehim.Althoughonecornerhadbeenchipped,thesarcophaguswasinverygoodcondition.Tuckedawayino