35 COUNCILMAN TRIBAL LANDS
Later That Night
As the comforter unexpectedly jerked to the left, Councilman Thomas Doka seemed restless. His wife, Isabela, laid next to him in deep sleep, oblivious to her husband’s plight. Resigned that he couldn’t fall asleep, he rose from the bed and slowly headed towards the kitchen hoping not to wake his wife.
Putting a kettle on the stove, Thomas craved a cup of tea to soothe his uneasy mind. Normally, he would’ve grabbed a tidy bundle of greenthread that had been strung together in garlands and boiled it in a pot of water. But he didn’t have the patience to brew tea the traditional way. Instead, he grabbed a commercial tea bag that contained the same native herb and placed it in a cup. It was easier that way.
After steeping the tea bag and add
