Crow Calling by Sherry Roberts

Author:Sherry Roberts
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery;cozy mystery;yoga;Minnesota mystery;small-town mystery
Publisher: Osmyrrah Publishing via Indie Author Project
Published: 2019-10-19T20:54:36+00:00

When the porch door closed behind them, I gathered up the dead crows in a blanket from my car and drove to the butterfly sanctuary. There I gently moved the crows to a spot on the knoll and placed them on the ground, beaks toward each other, bodies pointing in the four directions of the compass. When I was finished, I backed away several yards and lowered myself to the ground in Kneeling Pose. Also called Thunderbolt, this pose helped calm and stabilize the mind.

I whispered a prayer to Spirit.

Then I waited.

Eventually, a single crow fluttered in and sent out a call. Soon it was joined by dozens of its comrades. They filled the trees and covered the ground around the dead. The air became a shroud heavy with their cries of mourning. They were grieving friends, perhaps a brother or sister. I’d read that crows remember family members. A couple of birds dropped twigs on the dead.

I don’t know how long I sat with the crows. After a while, I closed my eyes and emptied my mind, all feeling swept into the vortex of this place. Slowly thoughts drifted in. I thought of Frank’s fury and fear. I recalled the uneasy glances in Northern Lights, the whispers I pretended not to hear. No one had been arrested for the murder of Jacques Pine, and the people in a town that seldom locked its doors were now throwing their dead bolts.

As Louisa said, fear always looked for the easiest target.

I opened my eyes.

Evening was nearing and the crows had finished paying their respects.

With a feeling of helplessness in my chest, I stiffly rose and buried the crows that Frank had killed.

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