ATANA'S TIDEIAN.

Chapter: 48.

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"It's stuck!" He cried as he watched the burn mark heal.

"Not, stuck, little Matthew, it chooses you and It won't leave your protection until another who is to bear it arrives, she needs to return to the safety of her home, my love, we have waited for years for the one who will take her home to come but none has come and now it's your time, little Matthew, you must promise me to protect these treasures, they must never be sold or traded for money and keep them away from all… you never know who is out to get them."

"I promise." She smiled. "But you haven't told me how you and great-gran knew about these things… how you got them." He needed to understand that, it confuses him. He's heard stories but now that he could associate these stories and places with actual treasures, it made it a lot more real, more convincing.

"I will show you what my mother showed me the day she passed these treasures down to me." She sat up fully on the bed and picked up the stone, then pl