Chapter 3Micah retrieved my suitcase and travel bag before we left the village. I kept the mask and placed it in the suitcase. I still felt the Boma Essence flowing through me after the autobus drove away from Boma Village. Was the Boma Essence a gift from Omari because of my connection to Adrian Azur? Would this magic replace the Eternal Comforter that I was supposed to receive when I finally declared my belief in Kammbi?
“Omari has you believing that you are a Boma-Man,” Eduardo said. He sat next to me on the autobus while the Copperwiths sat on the other side.
“My last name would give him a reason to believe that,” I replied.
Eduardo laughed. It was a deep, guttural laugh that immediately rubbed me the wrong way. “Omari and the Boma-Men have believed for many years that another Azur
