Excerpt from “Battle Beneath Lake Augur" (Chapter 12) "Bring me Gaia’s co-conspirators now!" orders Syrus. He jumps off the cold, motionless cocoon onto the sand and begins to pace back and forth before his troops. Many have managed to squeeze into a spot on the beach or crowd onto rocks and tree branches. Most hover or circle overhead in anticipation. Syrus takes a deep breath, raises his wings and exhales slowly. The legions that surround him lean in with their wings slightly raised, mesmerized by the image of evil their leader represents. Syrus turns to the chrysalis, scowls in disgust and quickly turns back to the mass of soldiers on the ground and in the air. “Before all of you,” he bellows brazenly, “I want those winged tapestries to bear witness to the destruction of their leader and the end of their journey.” Ojeda is the first to appear in the Read More