Chapter ONE - Weebly

ing.
“I think he’s tryin’ t’ say tha’ you’re wrong.”
Darrow laughed convincingly. “Of course he is.
Would you expect him to do anything else?”
“He’hsh lhying!” Ethan said through the gag.
“Wha’ was tha’?” Mackintosh asked.
Darrow turned toward Ethan, a sly look on his
handsome face. “I believe he said that I’m lying.”
“Take out his gag. I want t’ hear wha’ he has t’
say.”
“I can’t do that, Ebenezer. Without the gag in his
mouth he can bite down on his tongue, make himself
bleed, and kill us both.”
“Barrowh’s a wihs fhoo!” Ethan said, staring hard at
Mackintosh, hoping that he would hear “Darrow’s a
witch, too,” in the sound he had made.
Rage flashed in Darrow’s eyes. Clearly he had
understood.
“What’d he say tha’ time?”
Darrow shook his head. “I’m not sure. And it
doesn’t matter.”
Mackintosh watched Ethan, clearly troubled by all