No answer.
Harry pushed the button.
The Overseer device made a hissing noise so soft it was almost imperceptible, a high-pitched whine that would set most dogs yapping but leave their human companions completely mystified. Was it even doing anything?
There was a light pulsing sensation under his feet before something began to ooze out of the ground in the middle of the clearing. Skin cells came together to form a lump that rose slowly upward, taking the shape of a pedestal.
Harry felt his jaw drop, his heart racing. “No,” he said, shaking his head. “It"s been here all this time? Undetected?”
“Astounding, isn"t it?”
He froze; that wasn"t Jack"s voice!
A glance over his shoulder revealed a man standing just inside the treeline, a ghost-like figure who wore unrelieved black from head t
