Compilation Of Short Stories
The question was a whisper.
"One night," he said, stepping forward. The air about him was an icy river, moss of stone, damp, clean air underground. No whiff of decay, but of buried mysteries. "One evening in my kingdom. As my guest. As my…" He smiled, his black eyes savoring her, from shaking hands to large, bookish eyes, “….beloved companion. With that, you will be aware of what your books and your artifacts can only imply.”
It was insanity, bargaining with the God of the Dead. And yet, every surviving cell in her body, every academic ambition, screamed yes. This was the ultimate first-hand account. This was to be knowledge.