There were strange people in the temple. About a dozen men in long dark robes and hoods on their heads stood in a semicircle in front of the altar, located just below the statue of Seth. There was a man standing in front of the altar, it was Harvey Fletcher. He was also wearing a cassock, with a hood shifted to the back of his head .. His eyes burned with fanatical fire as he held both hands high, in which a jewel-encrusted ritual dagger flashed. Only now Allison noticed that the altar was not empty. At its corners were candles, and their flame nervously fluttered from a light draft.. And in the middle of the altar lay a man tied by his hands and feet.