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hand?
The only other image I ever see in my dreams is the wolf.
Betsy watched her in silence.
Sheila held her gaze. For a long moment, neither spoke.
Why would the wolf want to kill my mother? Sheila asked.
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There are all kinds of reasons for murder. Passion is one.
Or fear. My mother might have seen something she wasn t supposed to see.
Such as what? Betsy asked quietly.
Sheila didn t want to guess.
Find out who is practicing the wolf s vile craft on this campus, Sheila, and
you may find the person who killed your mother.
The clinic door opened, and both women started.
Hey, boss, Blaze called in the outer room, you here?
Sheila motioned for Betsy to stay where she was, but Betsy shook her head.
I m going home.
Sheila sighed. Okay, go on home. But be sure to rest.
Betsy saluted and walked out the door.
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Halfway between the administration building and my apartment a whisper
brushes at me through the air. I stop. I listen. Silence.
Is this the same little boy who taunted me before? I might suspect it to be
Jamey, but this voice doesn t hold a human quality.
I walk on a few steps, hear the whisper again, this time more like a voice
than the wind. Again I stop, and this time the whisper grows louder, becomes a
childish chant:
Racing Deer is running, racing,
Racing Deer is running far from here.
Shocked, I whirl around, but find the road deserted. The children have all
gone to their dormitories.
It s the same taunt that dragged me from sleep several nights ago. A child
calls to me, but what child? And why?
I turn and continue to my apartment, the whisper echoing around me, mingling
with the wind. Racing Deer is running, Racing Deer is racing, Racing Deer&
The voice becomes the wind that grabs at my hair and clothes, that whistles
across my ears, then turns to whispers again. It s so often hard to tell if
the spirit is wicked or benign.
I force myself to ignore it, gritting my teeth as I walk faster. I refuse to
give in this time. There is no need to be afraid. Unless spirits take a form,
they cannot harm me. And a child is no match for the wolf.
The voice stops abruptly when I enter my apartment.
I gather food and water and place them in my jacket. I go to the chest beside
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my bed and pull supplies from my top drawer. I take the silver-and-turquoise
knife from the hiding place where it has waited for so long. White Wolf s
knife, passed on to me from another. The power has waited within this knife
all these years. Now it is time.
I slide the knife from its leather sheath, caressing the bright pattern of
worked silver where the five-inch-long blade joins with the handle. It is a
good knife, beautiful, full of power. Tonight, if I must, I will use it to
draw every drop of life from her body.
But she mustn t come for me here. I wouldn t be safe. If she doesn t find me
here, she will know where to go. If she doesn t know, then I will still be
safe, and the knife will not be necessary.
I hope the knife is not necessary.
Eyotah rejoined Canaan. I m so sorry. This is a busy day for me, even though
this is my free hour. Often it s busier at this time of day than during class
time.
I understand, Canaan said. Black Mountain is not that far from Twin Mesas.
I think I ll drive there.
You would most likely get much more information from Kai s clan than I could
ever get.
I believe you re right.
Be forewarned that you will have faulty cell phone reception there, at
best.
I m accustomed to that, Canaan said. It s spotty in our area, as well.
Please tell me more about what you know.
Kai always displayed an interest in the occult, in mind control, in anything
concerned with human emotions, which was why he was so interested in what I
had to teach him. He became a member of the Native American Church for a
while drawn, I m sure, by the sect s use of peyote but he had no interest in
that brand of religion. He was seeking something, but I don t think he found
it there.
And he used his newly acquired mind control methods on a young woman?
Yes. From his studies with me he learned enough about hypnosis to guide this
girl into a trance state. She thought she was in love with him, and she did
anything he told her to do. Eyotah shook his head sadly. Really messed her
up for a while. She attacked a teacher who had reprimanded Kai for talking
during a lecture. This girl tried several times to kill herself after he lost
interest in her. Kai didn t know what he was doing. He had no right.
Was all this in his file?
In my files, yes, along with my suspicion that the poor girl might have been
a victim of Kai s practice of witchcraft. For a long time she spoke of the
wolf within her, the wolf stalking her.
Wolf& the witch. How did Kai get a job at our school? Surely my grandfather
checked him out.
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As I said, Kai could be a charmer. He was intelligent, attractive, with
plenty of charisma. Other professors on our staff didn t agree with my
opinions, nor did they believe in any of the customs of my people, or Kai s.
The lines in Eyotah s face deepened. They were offended by my allegations
against him, and since I had no proof, they ignored me.
You mean he got away with what he did? Canaan asked.
For me, it was even worse than that. I tried to help the girl, since no one
would accept my theory about her problem. The dean found me practicing a
private Hopi ceremony with her to try to repair the damage. The board members
were outraged. I nearly lost my job. In spite of my pleas for them to help me
stop Kai, they graduated him early to get him out of my way, then told me he
had left the state.
They lied to you, then, Canaan said.
Eyotah nodded.
Canaan was amazed that such an educated man could be so duped.
When I went to Black Mountain to verify what I d been told, no one would
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hand?
The only other image I ever see in my dreams is the wolf.
Betsy watched her in silence.
Sheila held her gaze. For a long moment, neither spoke.
Why would the wolf want to kill my mother? Sheila asked.
Page 183
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There are all kinds of reasons for murder. Passion is one.
Or fear. My mother might have seen something she wasn t supposed to see.
Such as what? Betsy asked quietly.
Sheila didn t want to guess.
Find out who is practicing the wolf s vile craft on this campus, Sheila, and
you may find the person who killed your mother.
The clinic door opened, and both women started.
Hey, boss, Blaze called in the outer room, you here?
Sheila motioned for Betsy to stay where she was, but Betsy shook her head.
I m going home.
Sheila sighed. Okay, go on home. But be sure to rest.
Betsy saluted and walked out the door.
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Halfway between the administration building and my apartment a whisper
brushes at me through the air. I stop. I listen. Silence.
Is this the same little boy who taunted me before? I might suspect it to be
Jamey, but this voice doesn t hold a human quality.
I walk on a few steps, hear the whisper again, this time more like a voice
than the wind. Again I stop, and this time the whisper grows louder, becomes a
childish chant:
Racing Deer is running, racing,
Racing Deer is running far from here.
Shocked, I whirl around, but find the road deserted. The children have all
gone to their dormitories.
It s the same taunt that dragged me from sleep several nights ago. A child
calls to me, but what child? And why?
I turn and continue to my apartment, the whisper echoing around me, mingling
with the wind. Racing Deer is running, Racing Deer is racing, Racing Deer&
The voice becomes the wind that grabs at my hair and clothes, that whistles
across my ears, then turns to whispers again. It s so often hard to tell if
the spirit is wicked or benign.
I force myself to ignore it, gritting my teeth as I walk faster. I refuse to
give in this time. There is no need to be afraid. Unless spirits take a form,
they cannot harm me. And a child is no match for the wolf.
The voice stops abruptly when I enter my apartment.
I gather food and water and place them in my jacket. I go to the chest beside
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my bed and pull supplies from my top drawer. I take the silver-and-turquoise
knife from the hiding place where it has waited for so long. White Wolf s
knife, passed on to me from another. The power has waited within this knife
all these years. Now it is time.
I slide the knife from its leather sheath, caressing the bright pattern of
worked silver where the five-inch-long blade joins with the handle. It is a
good knife, beautiful, full of power. Tonight, if I must, I will use it to
draw every drop of life from her body.
But she mustn t come for me here. I wouldn t be safe. If she doesn t find me
here, she will know where to go. If she doesn t know, then I will still be
safe, and the knife will not be necessary.
I hope the knife is not necessary.
Eyotah rejoined Canaan. I m so sorry. This is a busy day for me, even though
this is my free hour. Often it s busier at this time of day than during class
time.
I understand, Canaan said. Black Mountain is not that far from Twin Mesas.
I think I ll drive there.
You would most likely get much more information from Kai s clan than I could
ever get.
I believe you re right.
Be forewarned that you will have faulty cell phone reception there, at
best.
I m accustomed to that, Canaan said. It s spotty in our area, as well.
Please tell me more about what you know.
Kai always displayed an interest in the occult, in mind control, in anything
concerned with human emotions, which was why he was so interested in what I
had to teach him. He became a member of the Native American Church for a
while drawn, I m sure, by the sect s use of peyote but he had no interest in
that brand of religion. He was seeking something, but I don t think he found
it there.
And he used his newly acquired mind control methods on a young woman?
Yes. From his studies with me he learned enough about hypnosis to guide this
girl into a trance state. She thought she was in love with him, and she did
anything he told her to do. Eyotah shook his head sadly. Really messed her
up for a while. She attacked a teacher who had reprimanded Kai for talking
during a lecture. This girl tried several times to kill herself after he lost
interest in her. Kai didn t know what he was doing. He had no right.
Was all this in his file?
In my files, yes, along with my suspicion that the poor girl might have been
a victim of Kai s practice of witchcraft. For a long time she spoke of the
wolf within her, the wolf stalking her.
Wolf& the witch. How did Kai get a job at our school? Surely my grandfather
checked him out.
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As I said, Kai could be a charmer. He was intelligent, attractive, with
plenty of charisma. Other professors on our staff didn t agree with my
opinions, nor did they believe in any of the customs of my people, or Kai s.
The lines in Eyotah s face deepened. They were offended by my allegations
against him, and since I had no proof, they ignored me.
You mean he got away with what he did? Canaan asked.
For me, it was even worse than that. I tried to help the girl, since no one
would accept my theory about her problem. The dean found me practicing a
private Hopi ceremony with her to try to repair the damage. The board members
were outraged. I nearly lost my job. In spite of my pleas for them to help me
stop Kai, they graduated him early to get him out of my way, then told me he
had left the state.
They lied to you, then, Canaan said.
Eyotah nodded.
Canaan was amazed that such an educated man could be so duped.
When I went to Black Mountain to verify what I d been told, no one would
speak to me about Kai. It was as if he were dead. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]