"What were you saying?" I asked finally, sensing she wanted me to.
"I was singing from the Popol Vuh." Then she translated.
Holy earth, giver of life,
Help us in our struggle against
The God of the House of Darkness.
Wait a minute. What's she saying?
"Who's the God of the House of Darkness?" Could she be talking about Alex Goddard?
"I didn't want to do it," she blurted out, reaching out to me, her eyes even sadder. "But he said you're the new special one. We had to."
What the hell was she talking about? Had to what? Did it have something to do with my "visit" to the women in the hut?
"Please stay here with us," she pleaded as she took my hand. "Don't go."