Chapter 10
WHEN NELLIE AND MINA walked back to the barn, it was getting dark. It had rained a bit, and already a layer of water covered the ice.
“There will be no ice left within a few days,” Mina said, her voice dark. “The Regent can hold the witch drownings by week’s end.”
“What are we going to tell the children?”
Mina shrugged and shook her head. Her eyes glittered before she wiped them with the back of her hand.
Nellie said, “We’ll tell them we will have a plan.”
She had no idea where that came from. She didn’t have a plan.
Mina turned to Nellie. “What sort of plan? What can we do? We’re just a bunch of poor women. No one will listen to us.” Her voice cracked.
“No idea yet, but we’ll make a plan. We’ll do something.” Mistress Johanna had always done something even if the situat
