and their friends had banished the demon lord Balberith back to his hellish home, but they had been unable to find a way to evict Oblis, a minor demon in service to Balberith, from their father's body. Would the same be true for Sarah Nichols? For her family's sake, William hoped not. The pain he felt whenever he looked into his father's hollow eyes was not one he would ever wish on another. But at least now he understood the Doctor's extreme worry and terror. All of his thoughts of returning home were gone from his head.
Whatever was going on in Blackbriar, it had to be set right.
Suddenly, the girl's eyes rolled back and she fell forward onto the table, slamming her forehead hard against the wood.
Mrs. Nichols flew to her daughter's side. "Sarah, no!"
The girl sat back up and pushed her mother rudely away, a line of blood trickling from a cut at her scalp. "Leave me alone!" she screamed, her voice tight and shrill. "Do not touch me, you shrew! You seek to keep my lovers from my breast!"
