The Bear Witch Project by Renee George

Author:Renee George [George, Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Book Boutiques
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

“You have a funny way of explaining things,” said Sol. She sat in the passenger seat of Ty’s car. “Kidnapping is a federal offense.”

“Only if you cross state lines.”

His intensity hadn’t abated, but at least it wasn’t focused at her anymore. She realized he’d been grief-stricken seeing his friend so brutalized. She couldn’t get the image of the dead man out of her head. How could someone do that to another human being? When Ty had gone after her and urged her toward his car, she relented. She had no idea why. She just felt better when she was near him.

The car traveled on a single dirt road through the rolling plains of the Osage reservation. They arrived at a shack near a small ravine. A beat-up truck, empty buckets, a covered well, and fire pit decorated the yard.

“C’mon.”

“Why are we here?”

“To find the truth.” Ty’s dark eyes surged with gritty emotion, and Sol could almost feel his pain.

“All right,” she said and got out of the car.

She yelped as a yellow dog nudged her hand. Ty rounded the car and petted the dog’s head.

“Hey, Spot. How you doing, boy?”

“Spot?”

“Yeah, a joke.” The dog’s tail wagged fast and furious as he licked Ty’s hands. “Red Sun learned to read on Dick and Jane books, you know, See Spot. See Spot run.” He shrugged. “Anyway, when this animal chose to stay with him, he looked like Spot from the books.”

An old man emerged from the shack. “Hawai,” he called from the door, his voice raspy with age.

“Hawai, Uncle,” Ty greeted back. He leaned over to Sol. “It just means hello.”

“Oh, well, hello…Uncle.”

Ty shook his head. “You call him Red Sun. He’s my actual uncle, well, great-uncle.”

Sol shuffled nervously as the old man narrowed his eyes on her.

“Why do you bring her here, young bear? She is sorcellarie.”

“Did he just insult me?”

“Not exactly,” Ty said. He looked at Sol. “He’s calling you a witch.”

Sol blinked at him. “Well, he called you a bear.”

“She doesn’t know,” Red Sun said. His eyes, almost as dark as Ty’s, crinkled as he examined her. “You have just turned twenty-one. And strange things have been happening to you.”

“How did you know that?”

“Come,” said Red Sun. The medicine man held up his hand and gestured for them to come into the shack. “Both of you.”

“How did he know that?” Sol whispered to Ty.

“He an aural. It gives them empathic abilities.”

“Oh,” she said with mild exasperation. “That explains everything. Not.”

Inside the shack was a small room, sparsely furnished, and dark. Bundles of dried herbs and jars with multiple ingredients and liquids littered shelves that lined the walls. Red Sun lit a lantern, illuminating the dirt floor. Ty, who seemed to know what the shaman wanted, sat on the ground, legs crossed, in front of a small pile of twigs in a round metal bowl. He took Sol’s hand and gently pulled her down beside him. Red Sun joined them across from the pile.

“She is not the one you seek,” said Red Sun to Ty.

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