"No," Jude said. "I think you're being watched. Like all of us. And it's using us, one by one."
Scarlett's mouth tightened. "I thought I was dreaming. It came to me in the water. I was bathing in the shallow stream. One moment I was alone, the next… I could feel someone's hands. But no one was there. I even called out to Susan, but there was no answer. Then I blinked, and it was like it had never happened. Except I was already dry. I was dressed. I don't remember doing it."
"Did it say anything?"
She shook her head. "No. Just… the feeling. That I wanted something. That I couldn't hold it in anymore."
