Sheridan's Circle~ Kalorama~ DC
"At that moment In Kalorama Heights, Katherine Solomon stood over the open desk drawer and gazed down at...
a fetishist's collection of old newspaper articles and photographs.
"I don't understand"...
This lunatic was obviously obsessed with my family, but~"
It was then she saw the photographs...
But that's impossible...
All of the photos were of Zachary Solomon...gradually getting older...
some kind of pictorial auto biography chronicling a slow transformation...
She looked on in horror as Zachary's body began mutating, his muscles bulging...his facial features morphing...from the use of steroids.
His frame seemed to double in mass...
a haunting fierceness crept into his eyes.
I don't even recognize this man!
He looked nothing like Katherine's memories of her young nephew...
Then she saw a photo of his bare body...
adorned with...tattoos.
Her heart almost stopped.
"Oh my God..."
(TLS 449).
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Just then~
Langdon and a team of agents were arriving at the House of the Temple~
"Right turn! Langdon shouted from the backseat of the commandeered...SUV.
Simkins stared up at the massive structure.
It looked like someone had built a pyramid on top of Rome's Pantheon.
"Dont turn!" Langdon ordered...
Simkins obeyed, driving alongside the east side of the building...
"Look!" Langdon said...
"They're here."
Simkins parked the SUV and killed the engine.
Quietly everyone got out...
Simkins stared up at the monolithic structure.
"You say the Temple Room is at the top?"
Langdon nodded...
"That flat area on top of the pyramid is actually a skylight."
Simkin spun back...
"The temple Room has a skylight?"
Langdon gave him an odd look.
"Of course.
An oculus to heaven...
directly above the alter."
Upper Chamber Skylight
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Meanwhile....
"The UH60 sat idling at Dupont Circle...
Simkins voice crackled over the radio.
"Director?"
"Sato here." she barked.
"we're entering the building...
I have some additional recon for you."
"Go ahead."
"Mr Langdon just imformed me...
the room in which the target is most likely located has a very large skylight."
Sato considered the information...
"Undestood.
Thank you."
Sato...turned to the pilot.
"Take her up"
(TLS 450-451).
The Temple's~ back entrance~way