CHAPTER NINE
“Heron!” Phoenix interrupted the old man’s verbal wanderings.
“Yes, son?”
“What does the goddess Anuket do?” Phoenix leaned forward staring intently through the half-light. Behind him Brynn caught his breath.
Heron tugged on his beard. “Well, I’m no expert in Egyptian gods, you understand but I think Anuket is the daughter of Ra. I believe she’s associated with childbirth and is responsible for the fertility of the fields through the flooding of the Nile each year. Hmmm, just like the Phoenix bird,” he seemed surprised, “that’s a co-incidence, isn’t it? Why do you ask about her?”
“Oh, nothing,” Phoenix murmured.
There had to be a link. In each level of the game so far, they had been needed to somehow restore the balance of power or the balance of nature. Here th
