Had she not been gripped by a fear greater than any she had ever felt before Cassie might have laughed at the question, though she guessed that Miriam knew it was false hope to think this could be anything other than a vision. It might well be the worse she had ever experienced and she curled closer to Miriam as her body shook. #

“Believe me,” she said, a tremor to her voice that could have been a small laugh or just her general shakiness. “I’d much rather it was all dark because I was going blind.”