Chapter Six
It was with a deep sense of trepidation, pounding heart, and damp palms that Anneke pulled her car onto Caleb’s drive that Sunday evening. She wasn’t the praying kind, but she found herself sending a silent wish to any gods that might be listening that everyone would emerge from tonight completely unscathed.
Adding to her nervousness was the fact that she hadn’t got the tranquilizer gun or darts. Having started researching them on the internet, she’d panicked and talked herself out of even trying to source them. Instead, she’d worked extra hard on practicing her mind control. The ethics of doing even that had troubled her immensely, but she’d just about come to terms with it by reminding herself that nothing she was doing was hurting anyone or having any lasting effect. Howev
