Kendra and the Sphinx's letter

The Sphinx gazed at Kendra with fathomless eyes.

Kendra looked away. "What letter of mine did you read?" he finally asked.


"Letter?"


"All of my letters carry enchantments. They leave a mark upon those who read them surreptitiously. You bear the mark."



At first Kendra had no idea what he was talking about. When would she have read a letter from the Sphinx? Then she remembered the letter she had read last summer while Grandpa was sleeping after staying up late with Maddox. Of course! It had been signed S. For Sphinx!


"It was a letter you sent Grandpa last year. He accidentally left it out in the open. You were warning him about the Society of the Evening Star. I read it because I thought it might have something to do with my grandma. She was missing."


"Be glad you did not read it with malicious intent. The letter would have turned into a toxic vapor. "


Chapter 9