The Serpent's Cipher

Previously

…“These characters,” I breathed, my gaze fixed on the luminous script. “What do they say?” Lyra’s expression grew serious again. She pulled out a worn leather-bound journal, its pages filled with her elegant, spidery script. “I’ve been cross-referencing these symbols with fragments I found in the archives of Alexandria. It speaks of a ‘serpentine heart,’ a nexus of cosmic energy that can bend reality itself. It’s not just a key, Blake, it’s a conduit.” A conduit. The words sent a shiver down my spine, not entirely of fear, but of awe. The Serpent