Red Mountain
“The thing he’d brought down from the mountain—Charlie Maynard’s loaned out protector—had killed them before it tried to flee back to its master’s tomb up in the glacier. And despite its preternatural prowess, the coyotes had attacked and eaten it.
On his way back home, Horn had found the remains of the female creature lying just outside the farm. She—it—had borrowed the body of a prostitute who’d been recently buried just outside of Wrath Butte. The woman had died under suspicious circumstances... – poisoned, it was later believed, by one of Wrath’s highly respected and pious wives.
It appeared that Maynard had been a fraud after all. Horn felt bitter and betrayed. He wanted to be with his family and watch his sons grow.
He went back to the glacier and ordered Maynard to give his life back to him, but the robber’s face only mocked him with empty black eyes. Horn waited for many days for an answer that would not come. Then he became desperate, and began to beg for forgiveness as if he were a boy pleading fervently with his father.MoreLess
On his way back home, Horn had found the remains of the female creature lying just outside the farm. She—it—had borrowed the body of a prostitute who’d been recently buried just outside of Wrath Butte. The woman had died under suspicious circumstances... – poisoned, it was later believed, by one of Wrath’s highly respected and pious wives.
It appeared that Maynard had been a fraud after all. Horn felt bitter and betrayed. He wanted to be with his family and watch his sons grow.
He went back to the glacier and ordered Maynard to give his life back to him, but the robber’s face only mocked him with empty black eyes. Horn waited for many days for an answer that would not come. Then he became desperate, and began to beg for forgiveness as if he were a boy pleading fervently with his father.MoreLess
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