“Have you noticed that the stories about the first colonists in America are always about how they think the Devil is living out in the woods?” Jorgen peeked down at the knife quickly, with little more than a glance, and when the knife didn’t rise again, he stopped holding Apollo’s wrist. “I’m talking about the Puritans, I guess. They came to North America and swore monsters were waiting to get them in this savage land. But maybe it was the other way around. Maybe those Puritans brought monsters with them. Unloaded them from their ships right alongside the cargo. That’s what my people did. My
...more
