Maybe Townsend would do them all a favor and fall asleep drunk before Miriam had to deal with him. She fantasized about this for a moment, but was startled back to reality by Cassandra's shiver. "Just the usual, Cass," Miriam said, frowning. She looked past Cassie, and at Sarah, fixing her with a Look.

"How are you feeling?" she asked, still giving Sarah the Look, the very special is-Cassandra-having-a-vision Look. Not for the first time, Miriam secretly hoped that Theo would not inherit her mother's talents - because it would surely spell trouble if he did.

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