As they moved along the road, Gem remained to herself most. Her slender form walking along side the horse. When Soleus approached.her, she smiled to him listening to his thoughts...
"M'lord Soleus, there is little to tell of the tomb, it was simply a room. The important thing is we got what we needed. Once we return to your keep, I will need a quiet place to study the item"
The sun glinted off her long blond tresses, and the light made her lavender blue eyes sparkle.."Did you look at it?"
The item was a light-weight, small gold box engraved on the top with the double tree symbol. The sides and bottom were plan burnish gold. Yes the box was solid, there was no visible seam or lock...no way to open it. Shaking the box, one could hear movement inside though it was difficult to tell what it was......
Their journey continued towards Velusia, unknown to Gem was that her old fiend Reese lay on his death bed. Her past was the Blackthone past, she had known Reese and Desmond in their youn adulthood, long before the birth of Soleus and his cousins.....
But it was Lord Malek and the box that occupied her mind as she traveled .