THE HEIRESS THEY BURRIED
Seven people, soon to be asked to agree, unanimously, about decisions that would determine the fate of the largest hidden archive on Earth.
"That's not going to be easy," she said quietly.
"No," Edmund agreed. "But I don't think it was ever meant to be."
The floor at the chamber's center opened without warning, silent and precise, and a massive holographic map rose slowly into the air above them, glowing softly in the dim light.
Seven circles floated across its surface, scattered across what Elara now recognized as a map of the world entire.
Three shone brightly, steady and confirmed, one over the Quinn estate, one somewhere in the Alps, one directly beneath their feet.