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The Silent Awakening
RWDrabble 2.0.072 — Recast
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The sun bled across the Egyptian dunes, creating a shimmering effect reminiscent of restless spirits. Professor Alan Reeves wiped his brow, squinting at the half-excavated statue.
The limestone figure, its features oddly smooth, didn’t match the usual pharaohs.
“This isn’t right,” muttered Sekhmet, his assistant. “Hieroglyphs say She Who Walks Again. But there’s no name.” Alan traced the barely visible carvings.
“Recast. The face was chiseled away. Someone erased her.”
A low hum rumbled beneath them. Sand trickled into the open sarcophagus. The statue’s lips curled as Sekhmet stumbled back.
“Did you hear—?”. The lid shattered. Fingers, golden and moving, clawed upward. A voice, silk and stone, whispered, “You should have left me buried.”
Alan froze.
