Chapter ONE - Weebly

“Idiots!” Kannice said. She glanced at Ethan. “They
can’t think any good will come of it.”
He shrugged. She knew well enough what he
thought of the agitators. After the attack on Oliver’s
house, they had argued about it for two days. But he
was thinking once more about that conjuring he had felt.
Had there been spells at work in addition to whatever
else stirred the mobs to attack?
Regardless of the answer, Kannice was right:
Attacking the homes of William Story and Benjamin
Hallowell was one matter. Story, of the Admiralty
Court, and Hallowell, the comptroller of the Customs
House, were two of the most hated men in all of
Boston. But Thomas Hutchinson was lieutenant
governor and chief justice of the province. To be sure,
he had enemies among those opposed to the Grenville
Acts, but he was also one of the most respected leaders
in the colony. If these men were right—if Hutchinson’s
home had been attacked—it would anger not only the
Crown, but many of those the leaders of these
demonstrations hoped to draw to their cause.
“Has anyone been hurt?” Kannice asked, sounding