Matthew

Freya won’t stop turning to look at the cars behind us. “Everything’s fine,” I try to assure her.

“Are you sure they know what to do if the artifacts jostle around?” she asks.

“You packed them personally,” I remind her. “We’re good. The artifacts are good. All that’s left is to decide what you want to do with them.”

She exhales slowly. “I’m not sure. You have more experts at the castle, but our people have been working on this for a long time. They deserve to make the discoveries. On the other hand, your people could find things they might miss.”

“Well, then let’s leave them at the...