Desjardins came to the Hall of Ages and addressed Chief Lector Iskandar. He asked, "You summoned me, lord?"
Iskandar replied, "Yes, Michel. You are my best student and worthy of this secret. I need to tell someone, for I'm in my last century. You know how in the 1820's Jean-François Champollion deciphered the Rosetta Stone and how Moses beat 20 House of Life magicians, including Ramses?"
"Yes sir."
"There was another intruder, one who was far more secret and astounding. Her name was… Katherine Cahill."
Katherine was angry with Tomas for being so thick. After leaving Cahill Island, they had settle down for 3 years in Ireland. She knew she had to leave, or Luke would get them. But he had insisted they stay. She couldn't, so she left.
Now Katherine was in Luxor, Egypt investigating some hieroglyphs that stumped Egyptologists from all over Europe.
She figured it out easy. She was reading some etched on the surface of a temple. Katherine read it aloud. Big mistake.
She read, "And for those of the pharaohs blood, may the House of Life be revealed!"
The ground shook, and then a whirlpool of sand opened up and started sucking her in. She resisted, but the more she struggled, the harder it pulled.
Katherine was sunk in.
She found herself in a hallway that seemed to go on forever. She walked down it until a man with a staff and wand stopped her.
"You! Are do you work for the House of Life?"
She answered, "No."
"Then you must die!"
He threw down his staff, and it transformed into a tiger. The tiger roared and pounced.
As a last defense Katherine pulled out the knife that her mother had given her and threw it.
Then the knife started spinning and lit on fire. It grew bigger, and before her very eyes, there was a dragon.
"Who are you?" The man asked.
Katherine was at a loss for words. She could only watch as the dragon let loose a stream of fire and incinerated the tiger.
The man screamed and sent a fireball heading towards Katherine.
Katherine ducked and it flew over her.
Then she felt her pocket. The dragon had disappeared and the knife reappeared. She grabbed it, and then right as the man sent a fireball her way, she sliced the fireball.
For some reason, the fireball turned around towards the man. It grew bigger until it consumed him. He was no more.
Katherine looked at the ashes of the man she just killed.
