"I won't drop it." Chase carried the table over to the wall and gently set it down. The two glasses of half-drunk water barely showed a ripple. He turned back toward her and watched as she rolled up the large Aztec-pattern throw rug that dominated the room. Beneath, painted in near-shining metallic colors, was a double-ringed circle drawn around a triangle. Other geometric shapes, symbols, and designs were drawn between the two rings. Freid reached down and touched the circle, and instantly it seemed that some invisible light played across the designs. Chase couldn't see the light, but the metallic paint reflected it nonetheless.