Chapter ONE - Weebly

toy.”
“We didn’t know, Ebenezer,” Otis said, his voice
gentle. “You have my word on that.”
Mackintosh nodded, but he wouldn’t look at him.
Before Ethan could say more, the man of the watch
stepped back into the ring of light, leading Janna, who
had a shawl wrapped around her shoulders, despite the
warm night air.
“What you done t’ yourself, Kaille?”
“Hi, Janna,” Ethan said. “I’ve got a broken shoulder
and a broken knee.”
“What else?”
“That’s all.”
She eyed him skeptically. “You look worse than just
a broken shoulder an’ a broken knee.”
“Well, I can handle the rest.”
“What happened t’ all that mullein I gave you?”
“I used it.”
Janna shook her head, scowling at him. But then she
sat down on the grass beside him. “Go ahead and cut
yourself.”
His eyes darted toward the sheriff and then back to