‘It’s a boy,’ she said. ‘I like boys. Come here, boy.’

I didn’t move, of course. I just stood there, rooted to the spot. I felt dizzy and light-headed.

She was still moving towards me and her eyes seemed to be growing larger. Not only her eyes; her whole body seemed to be swelling up. She was expanding into a vast cloud of darkness that within moments would darken my own eyes for ever.

The Spook's Apprentice Chapter 9