Page 461 of Chaos has a Name
She pulled a necklace off of her neck, and put it over Elizabeth’s head.
“This will protect you. My father taught me the old ways. He was going to be Shaman until the Blackhawks, specifically Timothy’s father, took the role. This will keep you safe while you’re here.”
She took it.
For one reason.
DNA.
“Thank you, Elkie. I appreciate the protection,” she said, not really buying into it, but who was she to mock it? Wyler gave her trinkets all of the time, and so did Timothy. It was just how those older Natives rolled.
Now, though, she needed to switch it up so she didn’t give anything away.
“It was mentioned that a few friends of his went missing. Do you think you can remember them?”
She waited.
When Elizabeth saw she was willing, she went there, trying to get information.
“John Ankiti and Jolon Tuttle.”
She sighed.
“John’s mother died four years ago. She was the final Ankiti on the reservation. She was a good woman. John, on the other hand, liked the drink. Like your own father-in-law once did.”
Well, that interview was off of the list. There was no way she was going to be using a Ouija board on this reservation.
That was probably a bad idea.
That she was even willing should tell her how desperate she was to get out of there.
“How about the Tuttles?” she asked. “Are there any still on the reservation?”
Rayna was right beside her, and she could answer that.
“The mother is still here. No one else is, though,” she offered.
Well, that was another strike.
Unfortunately.
She could interview her, but she was likely in her eighties, and might not recall well enough.
This was difficult.
“When they went missing, did anyone ever hear from them again?” she asked, pushing on.
Elkie shook her head.
“Not to my knowledge. Honestly, Wyler ran wild. The two men, and Lance Running Wolf, your father, Rayna, were best friends. They tended to always be together. When the two men went missing, Lance and Wyler had a falling out over something.”
Oh, she knew.
A woman.
There were a few things that could start a war, and at the top of the list was one main thing.
LOVE.
