Chapter 7
They sat on a granite step, staring at the body in dazed silence. Duncan had set out for the Ohio with three friends, entrusted with their safety, and now two were murdered. The lives of Ezra and Dumont had been so full of promise. They should have grown old with decades of rich memories, surrounded by loved ones. But they had chosen to join Duncan on the Ohio. He had taken the bones and had to face the consequences, the Shawnee prophet had warned. There will be blood in the night. You will die, again and again. Was this what Catchoka had meant? With each death of a friend a little bit of Duncan died.
There will be blood in the nightYou will die, again and again“You must go back to Edentown, Duncan,” Ishmael said abruptly. “Get on that schooner that’s leaving for the Hudson.” T
