Chapter 8
Jeremiah helped Veronika up the wooden ladder and stopped underneath the trapdoor ahead of him. The hut stayed still and the enormous chicken legs resembled two solid stalks that had not moved. Charley called up from down below. “Do you want me to come up yet?”
He wore his pack on his back and had strapped down his musket to make it easier for him to climb. Jeremiah hung off the side of the ladder and called down, “Head on up. I’ll open the door above me and head in. If it’s safe, Veronika will come in next.”
“Okay, let me know and I will be ready.” He kept his hands on the ladder ready to climb.
Jeremiah glanced down to Veronika and lowered his voice so that only she could hear him. “Any idea on what I’ll find when I go inside?”
She shook her head. “I do not know what to ex
