Captain Fadi and Quinn Forsythe stood in the shimmering temple and observed Ravan as he lay frozen in the mahogany casket. The amount of ice in which was Ravan was trapped filled the box to the brim and it appeared escape was hopeless.
"Is he dead?" the captain asked. "I thought you wanted him alive."
"He's asleep," Quinn explained. "Fetch your men to put him in my wagon."
Captain Fadi's team carried the cold and heavy casket out of the temple and secured it to the back of Quinn's wagon while Quinn and the captain casually followed behind.
"So you'll be headed back to Duraland after your delivery, I assume?" the captain asked.
"Doubtful," said Quinn. "First sun
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