Only death awaits you here. Flee while you are still able.”I shiver at the words Willem has just read. He’s only just begun reading his translation of the runes, and they’re already ominous. He looks up, sees his audience is listening with rapt attention, and continues.Willem looks at us and says, “Keep in mind, I’m paraphrasing,” before continuing his narration. “Those now entombed on this peninsula are heroes. They bore burdens beyond imagining, and sacrificed greatly. Greenland is once again a land without men. We have slain all who lived here—friends, family, the old and newborn alike. We pursued the infection north as it changed every man, woman and child it touched into abominations…Draugar.”A gasp makes me jump. Alvin looks horrified. Jakob does, too. Something about this word—Draugar—frightens them more than being stranded, more than the storm, or the blood-soaked woman lying unconscious at their feet. “What’s Draugar?” I ask.To my surprise, it’s Chase who answers, and he looks more excited than afraid.
