The Manitou
“Misquamacus, with an animal grin on his glistening face, was still crouched within the medicine circle, but just in front of him, on the floor, the red and white powders that singing Rock had set down were shifting and sliding apart, like iron filings drawn away by a magnet.
“He’s breaking it!” shouted Jack Hughes. “Singing Rock – for God’s sake!”
Singing Rock took a step forward and stood right in front of Misquamacus – only a couple of feet away from the deformed medicine man, and with only the rapidly dispersing powders of the medicine circle between them.
He cast more powders at Misquamacus, and drew signs in the air with his bones, but Misquamacus simply twitched and flinched, as though he were batting away midges. From Karen Tandy on the bed, we heard a soft and hideous laugh, dying away in a bellows-like hiss.
The last of the medicine circle slithered away, and now there was nothing between us and the hell-bent Misquamacus. I didn’t know whether to stay put or run, but I knew t...hat Singing Rock needed all of us badly, to support his sorcery, and so I stayed where I was, tingling with fear.MoreLess
“He’s breaking it!” shouted Jack Hughes. “Singing Rock – for God’s sake!”
Singing Rock took a step forward and stood right in front of Misquamacus – only a couple of feet away from the deformed medicine man, and with only the rapidly dispersing powders of the medicine circle between them.
He cast more powders at Misquamacus, and drew signs in the air with his bones, but Misquamacus simply twitched and flinched, as though he were batting away midges. From Karen Tandy on the bed, we heard a soft and hideous laugh, dying away in a bellows-like hiss.
The last of the medicine circle slithered away, and now there was nothing between us and the hell-bent Misquamacus. I didn’t know whether to stay put or run, but I knew t...hat Singing Rock needed all of us badly, to support his sorcery, and so I stayed where I was, tingling with fear.MoreLess
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