Summary

At the beginning of Chapter 25 Ross and his crew are looking out over the cemetery that was the first piece of land set aside when the company began logging the land. They reflect on the death of Jacob Ballard. They also discuss Harris's death and that Webb wrote an editorial saying the coroner had been paid off by the Pembertons. They speculate about who will be next to be murdered.

The next Sunday, the Pembertons ride out to Shanty Mountain. As they do, they pass a funeral procession for another worker killed. They ride on and Serena remarks that Harris's betrayal was a necessary reminder that others will make her and Pemberton vulnerable. He remembers that he'd been warned about Serena when he first met her and that Serena had told him she'd only come to the party because she'd heard a...