They Drugged Me Into Darkness, Now I Am Its King novel · Chapter 27 of 32
Chapter 27: The Last Road the Oracle Kept
The oracle was still breathing when they reached her, and that was the only thing left on the ash road that mattered.
Aquas knelt in the shelter's mouth and put his hand under her head.
Lucien stood in the entrance with his good shoulder against the frame.
He watched the road behind them and did not sit down.
The escort was close. Aquas could hear hooves on the ash, far off and getting nearer.
The oracle opened her eyes and found his face.
She took his wrist and turned it toward the small fire.
The gold fractures ran across his palm and up between his fingers.
She looked at them for a long time.
'Solaris,' she said.
Her voice was thin, but the word came out whole.
'I have held the temple for you since before you were born.'
Aquas did not pull his hand back.
'Tell me,' he said.
She closed her eyes.
'Past the seventh watchtower.'
'Across the river of black sand.'
'Under the sun-disc gate.'
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