Chapter 57: Voodoo Dolls

Adeline

Adeline and Jack waited in a room lined with voodoo dolls in every shape, color, and design imaginable. From cornhusk dolls to woven threads to cloth. She shivered. Goddess, these things give me the creeps. Is that one staring at us? On some, African words were sprawled across the bones in black or red ink, some had pins, and one was decapitated. Several skulls, not all humanoid, filled the empty spaces on the shelves that stood bolted to the walls.

Why had Beth gestured for them to wait in this room then vanish?

Jack sat opposite Adeline in a metal chair facing a high leather back ruby-colored cathedra carved from cherry wood. The furniture was as close as a throne as a carpenter could make it without crossing the royal line. She should get a similar recliner. Ronald in Holland was especially good with wood, and his hands. Candelabras guarded the room with flickering candles. The faint smell of copper, mold, and astringent choked her.