she answered, her voice quavering despite her resolve. “Just as Matoaka once saved an Englishman, so I wish to spare this one.” “You have no rights here,” Opechancanough replied, his words raw and angry in the morning stillness. “Matoaka was the chief’s daughter. You are n...
Lying on this imaging platform isn’t painful, nor can I feel the magnetic waves scanning my brain. But my palms are perspiring, because something in this process has unleashed a horde of memories that keep battering their boundaries and threatening my composure.These are sharp-voiced, needle-toot...
“Stop!” Thomas roared. She blinked as he hurled his precious prayer book across the room, missing her head by inches. “Such things are of the Devil!” The prayer book fell to the floor with a thud as Jocelyn stared at her husband in mute astonishment. &n...
Not even a glimmer of light remains in the enclosed space.She presses her hand to her chest, which has begun to suffer short, stabbing pains. She hasn’t felt these invisible arrows in years, but she knows the paralyzing pricks of panic all too well.Get a grip, count to ten, breathe deeply. You’re...
The journey had been long, and they were all tired. Because they had to shout over the roar of the engines, after a while they stopped trying to talk and leaned on each other for support. Susan wrapped her arms around herself and rested her head on John’s shoulder. The dear old man was like a fat...