Trouble on Candlepin - Chapter 6

Chapter 1: Borderscry
Chapter 2: Reports
Chapter 3: Christmas Dance
"Chapter 4: Folklore
CHAPTER 5 - History
CHAPTER 6: White Hart Leap


Yule, 21 December
on Candlepin access road
Buck County


Sanderson was silent for several moments. Then she gave a sardonic huff of laughter.

"So that's it? We're out in a snowstorm on a haunted mountain chasing after a guy because he might be related to the ghost whose haunting said mountain and you are some sort of super-hero because you are also descended from this ghost." She blew a raspberry. "Okay Murdock, fun's over. Turn this car around and let's go back. I get it. Really, I do. All newbies get hazed and this one just happens to involve a freak weather pattern, but this ... this isn't the time or place for pranks." She waved a hand at the windshield, indicating the heavy, wet snowflakes hitting the glass.

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