A defeated silence fell over the truck. Brinah was so worried about Aislinn she had twisted the handle on the bag she was holding on her lap until it ripped off. "I did make some salves and things that might help anyone who becomes hurt," she said hopefully as if that would fix everything. Cullen was pissed and Brinah's voice was just pissing him off more. "Got anything to bring life back to the dead," he asked sardonically. The people in the SUV went back to riding in silence. *** Rafe walked up to the circle of tall stones. He ran his hand over the surface of each stone with reverence. When Kara entered the circle with Aislinn he indicated for her to be dropped in the middle of the circle. Kara tossed Aislinn off of her shoulder, onto a stone slab set into the ground, in the middle of

