Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Eliza and Mr. Griggs return to the observatory with the lens. Dr. Voss and Thomas Crane explain the device's instability. As they insert the lens, the watcher arrives and reveals he is an ally. The beam shifts to point at the old cemetery, and a new clue appears in Viktor's journal. The watcher departs, leaving the group to prepare for the final test.
The night air bit at Eliza's cheeks as she and Mr. Griggs ran through the empty streets. The silver beam from the observatory pulsed ahead of them, a steady heartbeat of light that seemed to grow brighter the closer they came. Eliza clutched the lens to her chest. It was warm now, as if it had absorbed the moonlight and was waiting to be used.
"Almost there," Mr. Griggs panted, his boots slapping the cobblestones.
They rounded the last corner and saw the observatory rising before them, its dome gleaming like a pearl under the stars. The beam of light shot from the dome's slit and stretched toward the hills, but now it flickered, as if losing strength.
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