Chapter One<br >Something was wrong. Lily Raines knew. it as soon as the<br >door closed behind her. It was too dark， the only light<br >coming from the streettamp outside her living room window.<br >Hadn t she left the light on over her sink? She set down her<br >purse and keys and listened.<br > Nothing.<br > T~ light must have burned out. She puffed her cheeks<br >in a weary sigh and shrugged out of her jacket， the rustle of<br >silk echoing in the silence.<br > Her scalp tingled with that creepy spider-on-your-skin<br >feeling--as if someone were watching her. She d had it ever<br >since the trial started.<br > Stress. That s all it was. Goodness knew she had enough<br >reason.<br > She reached for the living room light switch.<br > "I wouldn t do that."<br > Lily shrieked.<br > A dark figure rose up in front of her.<br > She Iried to scream but her throat seized; tried to turn and<br >run but her legs wouldn t carry her.<br ><br >