Atlantis Stolen (Sam Reilly book 3)
“She had seen death before, but somehow the crocodile attack appeared more brutal. Like Edward, she knew there was a lot more at stake than one man’s life. It forced her to increase her awareness of her surroundings and carry on.
Twenty minutes later, the arrow on her necklace began to move. At first she thought her movement was causing the arrow to spin. Then, when she stopped and took it off her neck so that she could look at it level, it pointed constantly in a westerly direction.
“We’re get...ting close,” she said.
Edward leaned in over her shoulder, so that she could feel his breath as he translated the direction to magnet west. “It didn’t do that last time?”
“No, last time it was lot more sluggish. Maybe we’re getting close?”
“But even when we were in the Tibetan temple, it didn’t move like that?”
Billie thought about it for a minute.
“I wonder if it responds differently to the amount of orichalcum. You know, like a weak metal will barely interfere with a magnetic compass, whereas a large steel object like a boat will wreak havoc on it.”MoreLess
Twenty minutes later, the arrow on her necklace began to move. At first she thought her movement was causing the arrow to spin. Then, when she stopped and took it off her neck so that she could look at it level, it pointed constantly in a westerly direction.
“We’re get...ting close,” she said.
Edward leaned in over her shoulder, so that she could feel his breath as he translated the direction to magnet west. “It didn’t do that last time?”
“No, last time it was lot more sluggish. Maybe we’re getting close?”
“But even when we were in the Tibetan temple, it didn’t move like that?”
Billie thought about it for a minute.
“I wonder if it responds differently to the amount of orichalcum. You know, like a weak metal will barely interfere with a magnetic compass, whereas a large steel object like a boat will wreak havoc on it.”MoreLess
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