The Caribbean
“Jack echoed. “All the rage among mystics these days, are they?’ “Alex, him once sail with the Shadow Lord,” Tia Dalma said, ignoring Jack’s flippancy. She was watching Alex with a hint of pride. “Him know more about the Shadow Lord than any man alive.”
“Well, semi-alive,” Jack observed, edging away from the zombie as it shuffled closer.
“So I wakened him,” Tia Dalma said, “and sent him forth to steal me the Shadow Gold. The last vials must be kep’ away from the Shadow Lord, else he find more ho...rrible t’ings to do with them.”
“And what happened to them?” Jack asked. “Where are they now?”
Tia Dalma frowned at Alex. “Zombies, dey be very obedient, but, I’m afraid, not so clever. I kept one vial, and I tol’ him, take the other six vials to the strongest Pirate Lord. I thought the strongest could protect the vials from the Shadow Lord.”
Jack searched his pockets, then raised his shoulders quizzically. “He must have gotten lost on the way, because I never received them,”MoreLess
“Well, semi-alive,” Jack observed, edging away from the zombie as it shuffled closer.
“So I wakened him,” Tia Dalma said, “and sent him forth to steal me the Shadow Gold. The last vials must be kep’ away from the Shadow Lord, else he find more ho...rrible t’ings to do with them.”
“And what happened to them?” Jack asked. “Where are they now?”
Tia Dalma frowned at Alex. “Zombies, dey be very obedient, but, I’m afraid, not so clever. I kept one vial, and I tol’ him, take the other six vials to the strongest Pirate Lord. I thought the strongest could protect the vials from the Shadow Lord.”
Jack searched his pockets, then raised his shoulders quizzically. “He must have gotten lost on the way, because I never received them,”MoreLess
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