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PROLOGUE

The evil grows I can feel its dark touch

-Entry from the diary of Henry de Montfort,

September 2, 1068

«Mark!” She awoke screa her twin brother's name

She turned on her bedside laaze flew frantically around her bedroom, and her heart seemed to stop

She didn't see her furniture She didn't see the antique cherry dresser or chest She didn't see the stacks of books that lined her shelves, shelves lovingly randfather's hands

She just saw the blood

And it was everywhere

And she felt the evil The overwhel evil

She closed her eyes, desperate to stop the vision

A man's terror-filled scream echoed in her mind

«No!” She shoved her covers aside and jumped from the bed

In a flash, the vision ended

She could see her roonizable nonetheless

Her heartbeat pounded desperately in her ears Her body shook with remembered fear

Had it been a dream? Just a dream?

She shook her head It couldn't have been a dream It'd felt … too real

She had a sudden desperate urge to call Mark To hear his voice

She reached for the phone

A shrill ring froze her hand

Her heart stopped

The phone rang again, its cry eerily like the scream from her dream

Her fingers shook as she lifted the receiver “H-hello?»

As she listened to the caller, all of the blood drained from her face Her body swayed and the phone dropped froers

Strange icy prickles shot across her skin Lights flashed before her eyes

Her body fell to the floor

And she stumbled back into the dreams of a dead man

CHAPTER 1

Like a child, I fear the darkness

-Entry from the diary of Henry de Montfort,

September 8, 1068

Savannah Daniels gathered her strength and pulled herself over the high granite wall She slipped over its edge and fell to the ground, landing with a soft thud Blood covered her body and her torn clothes

It was a miracle that she'd made it up the mountain

Her so Halfway up the treacherous mountain road, it had sputtered once and then stopped Steaing, pleading or cursing had been able to start the engine again

She'd gotten out of the car, and she'd done the only thing that she could She'd walked For raveled road Walked until her feet ached, until blisters grew on her heels and toes