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She was a martial arts expert. She ran five miles every morning. She was a crack shot and a gourmet cook.
“Insurance Fraud Investigator” was printed on Gabriela’s business card,
She’d been hired to find Henry Dodge and retrieve an amulet he was carrying.
Dodge was an archeologist doing research on a lost civilization in a previously unexplored part of the Amazon Rain Forest.
Margareet was Gabriela’s great-grandmother’s sister. When most of Margareet’s family migrated from the Caribbean to South Carolina, Margareet stayed on St. Vincent in the little house that had been passed to her from her grandmother. Margareet never married and when she died, she left the house to Gabriela.
For as long as Gabriela could remember, her grandmother had told her stories about the tragic love affair between Blackbeard and a beautiful woman from Barbados named Annie. Sadly, Annie died while giving birth to their daughter. And according to Fanny’s family legend, Gabriela was a descendant of Blackbeard and Annie.
“It’s the journal of Sir Francis Drake, the first Englishman to sail around the world, the guy who helped Queen Elizabeth defeat the Spanish Armada. He was considered a war hero by the English and a vicious pirate by the Spanish.”
Supposedly the Seal is part of a signet ring made from brass and iron. Legend has it that the ring was engraved by God and given directly to King Solomon. The ring gave Solomon the power to command demons, genies, and spirits and to speak with animals.”
“Pizarro acquired a massive treasure trove for the Spanish monarchy. It was known as the Treasure of Lima and it was kept in the city, guarded by Spanish soldiers and Catholic priests.
“Supay is the Incan God of Death,” Pepe said. “He’s the ruler of a race of demons. They are all very bad guys.”
