Chapter 11
As they walked, the old mansion on the hill drew nearer. Sugar remembered the first time she’d seen it. The house and grounds were in ruin, the…
As if on cue, she heard the howling of a dog nearby, and stopped dead still, her head turning sharply toward the bellowing cry. The lonely sound brought back the memory of her sons scouring the countryside, and her spine tingled with fear and foreboding. She’d learned a long time ago that a dog was the guardian of the underworld, and when one howled it meant someone from Hell was near. The words “Black Heavens” came back to her.
She looked at Judas. “What are the Black Heavens? I heard you and the other man speak of them.”
“Black Heavens? You must be mistaken.”
She whirled on him. “I’m not mistaken!” she shouted and saw a helicopte
