The first half of this story takes place 1836 and opens in Virginia, sixty-one years after Reymen's story. The second half begins in Arkansas in 1868.

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Kateesha tied the cloak under her chin and gazed in the mirror. Her dark hair was piled high on her head. Golden earrings hung from her lobes, leftovers from the mistress of the plantation. Around her neck hung her Executioner medallion, worn like a badge to show the immortal world who they were. ...