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about?” she asked accusingly.
    “I don’t know.   I was just…drifting off, kind of like being woken up from a dream, but in reverse.”
    She frowned at him suspiciously.   “What did you see?”
    He eyed her seriously.   “A little girl in a dark green dress.   I mean, I was seeing it through her eyes.   She stooped to the grass and picked up a gray chunk of stone, just like the one in the amulet, then got up and began to run.”
    “You were seeing it through her eyes?   Just like you did when you saw through Anubis’s eyes?”
    “No, it was different.   With Anubis, I knew what he was thinking; it was like I’d become him.   This was more like, well, like I was just watching what was happening, but through the girl’s eyes.   It only lasted a few seconds though, and it was a little confusing.”
    She made a thoughtful sigh and crossed her arms over her chest.
    “Hand me the amulet and I’ll try it again,” Michael told her.
    “WHAT?” she yelled.   Her husband stirred, moaning softly as he turned over in bed.   She quieted back down to a loud whisper.   “Not a chance, young man, not until we know that it’s safe.”
    Michael was about to protest, but she immediately cut him off.   “I said no, and I meant it.   I’m not going to put you in any risk just to try and get a few answers.   Not unless we’re sure that it’s safe.   In fact, I want you to take off that ring and give it to me right now.”
    He frowned at her in disbelief, and sighed indignantly.
    “I mean now, mister.   I’m not taking it away from you for good, but I think there are some things your father and I need to figure out first.”
    He huffed in protest, but put his fingers on the ring and began to pull.
    “Mom, it won’t come off.”
    Her eyes narrowed and she pursed her lips.   The ring had been too big for Michael’s finger ever since he’d gotten it, and she had even helped him wrap a Band-Aid around it to get it to stay on his finger.   “Let me see,” she demanded.
    “OUCH,” he yipped as she yanked frantically.   She calmed back down when Mark turned over in bed again, letting out a painful moan.   Michael rubbed his hand and looked her over accusingly.
    “All right,” she said with a heavy breath, “but I’m going to get some butter later and get that thing off of you.”   She said it a bit apprehensively, like she might doubt it would work.
    “Mom, look,” he whispered to her, pointing down to the amulet, which was still resting on the carpet.   “What is that?”
    She sat up straight, examining the amulet with amazement.   A Celtic triple spiral had appeared on the surface of the gray stone, glowing with a bright blue light.

CHAPTER TWO
Jumping to Conclusions

    Elizabeth Harrison sat on a bench in the gazebo, watching people as they passed by her in every direction.   She took a long sip of her Chai tea.   It had been too hot to drink when she’d bought it a few minutes ago at the Hotel St. Michael across the street, but pretty soon it would be too cold.
    Two teenage couples passed in front of her.   The girls were talking and giggling while their boyfriends tried to look cool.   Three small children cornered their father beneath one of the tall, lit-up trees, pelting him with snowballs.   Elizabeth laughed, covering her mouth with a gloved hand so he wouldn’t notice.   This was such a great spot to come people watching.
    Elizabeth had always thought Prescott was beautiful during winter.   It had become a tradition for her to come and enjoy the courthouse Christmas lighting every year, and she’d often thought how nice it would be to come and live here.   Now she’d finally gotten away from the big city atmosphere of Phoenix, and until this moment she hadn’t realized how happy she was about it.
    The trees around the courthouse square twinkled with lights of every color, creating a feeling of warmth that somehow seemed to help keep the cold at bay.   Well, most of