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" ‘To whom it may concern Upon your discovery of these docue to see theotmore"

Sully had unfolded one of the papers and now laid it on the bed The three of them stared down at the map of Crocodilopolis on which Luka had drawn the location of the labyrinth of Sobek and what he suspected were its dis on the ths of corridors but some evidently comparisons to the labyrinth at Knossos on the island of Crete

"Here You should be the one," Sully said, handing Jada the journal

She opened it and began to read, but immediately her expression turned to disappoint and scanning pages "Notes,it was a real journal, y’ know? So that would lay it all out for us But it’s his notes to hi so that Drake and Sully could peruse the pages with her Drake sahat she er and some with more intricate details

"Is that a trap?" Sully asked, indicating one sketch "Like soreed

There were scribbles about Daedalus "Knossos first," Luka had written "Then Croc City--and then, where’s nuned three labyrinths?" Drake asked

"Yeah," Jada said, flipping two pages back "It’s right here ‘Fundan of Cretan labyrinth used three tirumbled "What the hell does he es, pausing only momentarily to study the small ress of the dig on the labyrinth of Sobek One of the n that seele location in the labyrinth Beside it, with an arrow, Luka had scrawled the words "Honey Chamber location differs from Knossos, but coiven an aether"

Luka had drawn an arrow to indicate that his thoughts were continued on the next page, one of his habits, if this journal was any indication With a dry rustle of paper the only sound in the roo," Luka had written "In Teive Mistress of the Laby greater tribute than they give to their god? Why?"

"Darowled

"Even better question if we knehat honey he’s referring to," Drake replied

"You don’t think he just lanced at her "Do you? Icalled a ‘honey chamber’ aside--okay, it sounds like a special rooods are being offered this honey, too, it’s probably not the Winnie-the-Pooh variety"

Sully gave hinored the babble "Jada, didn’t you say the worshippers of Sobek actually decorated living alligators with gold and geeold that they can ators to represent their god The geold plating for the gators, they et that old?" Drake said "This place isn’t exactly El Dorado"

Jada sighed "We’re not getting any answers froe

"Maybe not," Drake said "But at least we’re getting a better idea of what the questions should be"

Jada turned another page and hesitated A note had been scrawled hastily there, and when she quickly flipped ahead, she found that the rest were empty She went back to the final scribble in the journal It had been written weeks ago, but in a way it was her father’s last e to her

"Talk to Welch," Luka had written "Golden touch? Maybe Daedalus Where’d he go? That’s the question Henriksen doesn’t care about the Three Labyrinths, he’s after the treasure of the Fourth"

"Fourth?" Drake read aloud "Didn’t he say, right at the beginning, that Daedalus designed three labyrinths?"

"Welch," Jada said "That’s got to be Ian Welch, Gretchen’s brother"

"Call hiht Henriksen’s trying to kill everyone whosecret in here," Jada protested, waving the journal "They trashed his roo for it, but whatever he found, it’s not here"

"Henriksen e of the bed and picking up the phone

"Jada," Drake said softly, "we ured out, but your father wouldn’t have hidden this stuff if he didn’t think there was soht," she said, crouching down to smooth out the map Sully had opened on the bed Jada shook her head "But whatever it is, we’d better figure it out before Henriksen does"

"If he hasn’t already," Drake said "It could be that he already has all the secrets and wants to make sure nobody else does"

Sully dialed the phone, referring to a scrap of paper he’d pulled froain to that last page Drake didn’t like the furrow of her brow

"What’s wrong?" he asked

"Just reading it again ‘Talk to Welch’ Is that a e to me? An instruction? Or is it a note to himself, like his one-task to-do list? If so, then whatever ht’ve told Ian Welch It would’ve been right before he left Egypt to head back to New York to continue his research"

Sully had a quick conversation on the phone, and Jada kept her voice low

Drake frowned "You’re sayingmy father see we should be careful"

Sully hung up the phone They turned to look at hih whose side Welch is on," Sully rasped "We’rehim for a drink in Fayoum City in two hours"

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The sun went down as Drake drove theo field of stars They passed the ancient heels that kept the narrow canals e into the city proper