#CHAPTER 186: Oracle

Zane POV In my years of visiting the Luna Temple, I had never been invited to explore the grounds. When Sarah and I presented ourselves at the gate, however, an Oracle was waiting along with the two priests. She nodded to us and gestured for her to follow us not to the temple itself, but to a path that wound through the trees and along an artificial pond. “You will be joined shortly,” she said before leaving us there. Sarah looked at me, and I shrugged. “I suppose we’re to walk around the pond and contemplate our issues?” “Maybe they have laundry out and are stalling,” she replied, and I smothered a laugh. We both looked out over the path. The lawns were as meticulous as ever, a green carpet free of a single weed, and it was a lovely day, sunny and warm with a cool breeze. Silently, we began to walk the path. It was incredibly quiet, though not without noise. The wind in the branches of the tall trees we passed through, the occasional honk of a black or white swan on the po