CHAPTER 112
ENKI?... FOR A LONG TIME I was the keeper of this ring... as well as those who came before me, and all those who will come after, we have to protect the secret...
— Sir?
He nodded on his bed. The pain was now unbearable...
— The girl you wanted us to bring is here.
He gave a satisfied smile.
The pain can't stop me... not now...
— I'm glad you're here, honey, I'm glad your grandmother was able to save you.
— As you know?
— I know many things that you will soon know too...
She knelt beside him.
— I thought you were dead.
— In a way, I'm...
***
BEC WAS ABOUT to kill him, but as if he were an angel sent, Carlos Mendonza at the last moment entered the room:
— Why are you here?
— I came to kill this man,— said the beautiful dark-eyed assassin, recognizing her former lover.
— He's only got a week to live at most.
She looked at him and realized he was telling the truth...
What death would be better than suffering?
— I know it wasn't like that, my dear Nika.
— You don't know anything, old man...
And left.
***
— BUT THERE'S SOMETHING you need to do for me, my dear.
Walter handed her the ring.
— You need to protect him… that's your mission.
Walter smiled.
— But what do I do with it?
— You will help save the world, my dear, that's what the serpent guardians do.
— Serpent Guardians?
— We've been here for as long as the world has been, but you must have noticed that things are happening around you.
She nodded.
— The great evil that once ravaged this world is being reborn, one day we share knowledge with the world and unleash a series of things that shaped the world as it is today.
Karina looked as if she didn't understand anything.
— Have you ever heard the story of the serpent in paradise?—
'Who gave Eva the apple?'
Walter smiled.
— There are things that have always been staring in people's faces, that's the best secret code there is, when everyone sees it but can't interpret it correctly.
— Do you mean to say that...
— Yes... the snake never made reference to the devil, but to an alien race that created humanity, the Anunnakis...
— But...
— At the right time you will discover the truth, my dear... at the right time...—
Walter pulled his granddaughter's head up to where he could kiss her forehead.
— I need to rest a little, my dear Karina...
Unfortunately I can't say the same about you...
Walter never opened his eyes again.
As Karina admired the ring, Carlos pointed his gun at her and said:
— Give me the ring, Karina.