I grabbed the back of the seat in front of me, palms moist from nervous sweat. Did they just say what I thought they said? Were my ears playing tricks on me? I struggled to take deep breaths, slow and easy. It’s a good thing I was sitting down because I might have passed out. […]
Chapter Seven Adok is talking to his brother Hans. Adok recalls the day he sees Nazi Colonel Otto Strauss awaken from the dead weeks after WWII ends. “Did you see the colonel awaken?” Hans asked. Adok walked up to the window and stood beside Hans. “Yes, eleven years ago. It was two days after we […]
CHAPTER ONE Malqata was the most beautiful palace Jeska had ever set her eyes on. Never mind that, in all her five years, it was the only palace she had ever set her eyes on. Father never let her go too far without him because he never wanted her to go missing. “Stay close to […]
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