Octavia and I exchanged a look and then we both jumped right back on the coffin again. Alyssa and Jacque followed suit. The coffin shook harder. Octavia and I were using all our body strength and weight to hold off, and I was sure Jacque did the same with her mental power. Alyssa didn't count much on this department, but she was also trying to help.

"Cammie!?" I said when she didn't come along. She was kneeling before the golden coffin and stared intensely at the inscription on the side.

"There's a Vedic mantra here," she said. "I'm trying to read it. It's all Sanskrit mixed with ancient Khmer, holy...