One April After the War

Having saved Merritt and Argent from certain death, a rescue that surprises even herself, Mary Warner’s initial wariness of the men begins to develop into an almost hysterical suspicion and paranoia. As she spirals down into madness, the trip that was always at best merely annoying takes on the color of a conspiracy meant to deprive Warner of all that she holds dear, including her very freedom. Merritt and Argent observe the rapid erosion of Warner’s sanity, helpless themselves to help her and horrified at the ultimate result of a drug-soaked paranoia and long-simmering despair. The last day of April threatens to close out more than just the month, but a long, overdrawn, multi-hazarded trip and quite possibly Mary Warner’s very life. Having escorted her over 800 miles of misadventures, near misses, and a host of aggravations and obstacles, Merritt and Argent struggle, at the last, to save Mary Warner from herself. The long-delayed entry into Washington was not what anyone expected.