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41 " It…” started Hypnos, before trailing off, “… would be a terrible waste of space without … treasure? "
― Roshani Chokshi , The Silvered Serpents (The Gilded Wolves, #2)
42 " Someone stepped into the room … a stunning redheaded girl that looked about his age. "
43 " The artwork made him feel small, but gloriously so, as if he were part of something greater than himself. "
44 " leave me, he begged of his ghosts. "
45 " At first, the mural was hard to discern amongst the clutter of the room. It merely looked like ugly wallpaper. But "
46 " Zofia, Enrique, and Hypnos bolted out of the Chamber of Goddesses. "
47 " Enrique recognized Salomé’s Dance of the Seven Veils, and a depiction of the Indian nymph, Urvashi, performing before the Hindu gods. "
48 " Séverin tasted bitterness on his tongue. "
49 " Enrique had brought her a cookie and made her laugh, and it felt like sitting beside a fire in one’s own home, knowing exactly where everything was and who would come to the door. "
50 " Enrique froze at the mention. All over again, he remembered standing in the auditorium, the empty table and the cooling food. The way every sound outside the hallway brought a shock of hopeful nerves. "
51 " Enrique saw him first and immediately pointed at Zofia. “Zofia just tried to set fire to the Tezcat spectacles.” Zofia scowled at him. “I tried to see if the lens and the spectacles might be welded together. "
52 " It is in knowledge, after all, that we find the tools to make history. "