Mark had noticed his little sister, Josephine, had been acting very strangely the past couple days.

She'd been a little bit more engaging, but that wasn't it. She hadn't been the shy, dutiful little girl he'd been used to for a few weeks now. She was more open and lively, she laughed more, she talked more, but he'd barely noticed that.

And it wasn't that she'd been spending more time with his older brother, Patrick, sneaking off into his room, going on little trips, or electing to stay home together when everyone else went out hunting or fishing. No, nobody really noticed anything strange going on. They were a very...