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The Great Serpent Mound was situated atop a plateau among the rolling hills and lush forests of rural Adams County, Ohio. From its curled tail, the four foot high monument wound its way through a manicured carpet of green, its sinuous coils doubling back on one another again and again until it reached the oval head, a quarter of a mile away. Maddock and Bones strode along the path that encircled the monument, taking in the scene.
“I thought it would be bigger,” Maddock said.
“That’s what my sister said the first time you two hooked up.”
Maddock rolled his eyes. He and Bones’ sister, Angel, had been engaged, but they were no longer together. The thought didn’t exactly pain him, but it felt wrong, like ghost pain from a lost limb. He shook his head and focused on the Serpent Mound. The
