Dalton James looked at the body on the travois. The scent of blood and decay filled his nostrils, forcing him to take a step back. Not even the spruce branches someone laid around the body could cover the scent of death. Five long years were ending as Dalton gazed on the deceased body of Frank […]
Millie Reed had just placed her head on her arms and closed her eyes when she heard the door creak open. She tilted her head slightly and opened one eye. The schoolhouse was one room with a small closet to the side. The front door of the school was behind a wall that was built […]
A woman fighting to keep her family’s farm. A man hiding from the guilt that consumes him. The two angels determined to show each of them the power of healing. Sarah Abrahams hears the whispers around town and knows that no man would consider marrying her. Alone after her family’s death, she is now in […]
Spring 1893, New York Cassie Stockton opened the window of the tenement and allowed the noise and the air of the city to invade her room. It wasn’t the most pleasant smell, but she couldn’t take being cooped up in the room for one minute longer. Living on the east end of New York, her […]
August 1893 Charlie Stockton slowly opened his eyes before closing them again. He wasn’t sure where he was, just that he was lying on his belly in a bed that wasn’t his own. He felt like he had woolen rags stuffed in his mouth. The insides of his cheeks were dry, and his tongue was […]
