“She said that ‘The ground will c***k upon my death, as my corpse will weigh heavy on the land.’”
He looked at me then and blinked.
“Those words worried you, son? I didn’t hear anything to be upset about.”
“I was a young’n’ then and didn’t know what to think.”
“What did Lady McMasters tell you today?”
His shoulders sagged and his eyes lowered to the pine boards under our feet. “She said your death will be the death of this country. Your corpse will bury thousands of souls and split the land.”
“There are similarities there, but it’s all packed with vagueness and obfuscation.”
“Ob-what, sir?”
I grabbed his shoulder and shook him. “There’s no details, but there’s enough message to get you worked up. Why, Leroy, there’s not a single detail where you can pinpoint your death. There’s no
