Chapter 13, Ollie Shoemaker:
Ollie became accustomed to death. Growing up in Perdition, he had seen too many people die over his short years of life. Even living in the Principal’s court didn’t shelter him from the tragedies of ordinary living. Death was not something simply suffered by the poor. Before he reached ten, he lost a brother and sister. Crib Death, they called it. Babies would simply stop breathing. The old women of the home blamed it on curses, fey, or even blameless cats that prowled the halls looking for a free meal of rodent. All manner of talismans would be used to protect a baby from creatures that might steal a baby’s breath.
It was no fey that poisoned the ale that killed Cameron. After Zorra showed him the passage connecting the two rooms and learning of Brett’s pier
