Chapter VII, Reading 6

"You will come into your power, Flindra. Don't worry about that. You might be surprised to feel the energy you already exude. You will have come into your full inheritance before you leave the cavern and return to the world. You will be equal to your fate."

Flindra breathed in deeply. "I hope so."

"Trust me, my child, I know you will be ready. The Spirit will see to that."
"I hope so," she repeated.

Kewero smiled briefly before she returned to her story. "Before I left on my quest, the King and Queen both selected a gift which I was supposed to give to you when you came of age. Look at the golden comb you are wearing."

Flindra slipped the golden swan from her hair and looked first at it and then at Kewero.

"The Queen wished for you to remember her and all the women who came before her. Queen Kwenth's mother gave her this comb, and her mother, in turn, received it from hers. It is her gift to the child of her line. She reaches across time to give a mother's gift to a daughter."

Tears welled up in Flindra's eyes and she fingered the comb gently, almost caressing the graceful swan. "I am honored to have it and I will remember her always."
"That will please her memory."

"I'm honored that she thought of me."

"The King also gave you a gift which had been in his family's possession for generations, in truth from the beginning of his dynasty. His gift was Rigga."
Flindra looked down at the amethyst ring on her finger. "He told me in my dream that Rigga was his gift. How old is it?"

"Rigga is actually older than the line of King Meldh and dates from the time of the Ancients. It has been infused with their magic and powers."

"Oh."

"His Majesty also gave me the hereditary symbols of the King: the crown; the scepter; and a neck chain made from interlocking links of white and yellow gold. He told me I was responsible for their safe keeping for I needed to keep them for the future king of our world. I will give them to you, Flindra, when you leave. You will have to give them to your King when he claims you. He will have need of them."

"I will see that he gets them."