CHAPTER 47 “You intend to let them die.”
Concern for Mariette still crowded Bowie’s mind, and his impulse was to charge forward, killing anyone and anything in his path. In his youth, he would have done just that, but experience had taught him the value of a cool head. They were now deep within territory the Karankawa considered sacred ground, and death might lurk behind every tree.
After investigating the scene of Mariette’s abduction, they had come away with more questions than answers. The sandy earth where she was last seen revealed small footprints identical to those found yesterday around the firepit—tracks they had attributed to Pacal.
The ground behind the cottonwood bore the same prints, with no indication a cat had been present.
Sharky had been unable to contain his fears. Fo
