Reservations for Murder
Reservations for Murder
“Shantara asked breathlessly.
“I don’t know,” Alex answered as he hurried toward the sound of the scream. It was coming from the unfinished shell of the new Main Keeper’s Quarters. Though there was a ball of fear growing in his gut, Alex hoped it was just another snake sighting, but somehow he knew this time it was more than that.
There were screams, and then there were screams.
Alex saw Rachel Seabock trembling as he neared the shell of the structure, but his gaze was only on her for a second.
...Someone had skewered Jefferson Lee through the chest with a shaft of cold, black iron, staking him to the thick pine timber of the new building like a butterfly on a pin.
“Oh, no,” Shantara gasped as she ran up beside Alex. “This is horrible.”
Alex touched her arm gently. “You don’t need to see this. Why don’t you take Rachel back to the inn.”
It took Alex and Shantara a full minute to get Rachel to go with them. She was obviously still in shock, deathly silent after her piercing scream.MoreLess
“I don’t know,” Alex answered as he hurried toward the sound of the scream. It was coming from the unfinished shell of the new Main Keeper’s Quarters. Though there was a ball of fear growing in his gut, Alex hoped it was just another snake sighting, but somehow he knew this time it was more than that.
There were screams, and then there were screams.
Alex saw Rachel Seabock trembling as he neared the shell of the structure, but his gaze was only on her for a second.
...Someone had skewered Jefferson Lee through the chest with a shaft of cold, black iron, staking him to the thick pine timber of the new building like a butterfly on a pin.
“Oh, no,” Shantara gasped as she ran up beside Alex. “This is horrible.”
Alex touched her arm gently. “You don’t need to see this. Why don’t you take Rachel back to the inn.”
It took Alex and Shantara a full minute to get Rachel to go with them. She was obviously still in shock, deathly silent after her piercing scream.MoreLess
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