"I want to know what happened to my baby." "Azazeal has been trying to have a son for a very long time." "So far I've managed to stop him." "This time, I was too late." "I didn't get a change to say hi earlier." "I'm Ella." "If she's been doing this for 500 years she must know how to stop it." "We have to kill your child." " God, she's left herself go, isn't she?" " You have to go back to him." " What?" "Then when he trust you, you kidnap the child and you bring him back to Mendeham." "You are out of your mind." "You have to do it." "You have to get the child and bring him to me." "What's he doing on the slide?" "He's just a baby!" "No." "He's not." "Not a human baby, anyway." "Look how fast he's growing." "We have to keep..." "I have to kill him." "And you have to help me." "I don't think he's warm enough." "Cassie, concentrate." "We haven't got much time." "Do you think he's warm enough?" "Believe me." "Where he's going, he'll be warm enough." "You are not really going to go through with it?" "Just because she tells you to." "You're crazy!" "Look at you!" "You've got no sleep!" "You are rag!" "Thanks." "That parcelled down!" "What's the name?" "It's "Know it all"?" "Ella." "Her name is Ella." "And you know she's right." "No!" "I don't!" "I don't know she's right!" "Cassie." "I'm scared." "I know." "It's really sweet and I appreciate it." "Yeah, and if you're not you're sodding what should be!" "You know how you are with him." "You're a total tart!" " I am not!" " Gagging for it." "Not anymore." "Things have changed." "Really?" "And what about Ella?" "How you know you can trust her?" " She saved my life." " Oh..." "That's right!" "Too late to stop you get up the duff but just in time to save your life!" "Don't you get the unmistakable whiff of bullshit?" "Suppose she's not the solution." "Suppose she's part of the problem." "All right." "I know." "And if is any consolation, I'm as scared as you're." "Is not." "Please." "You don't have to do this." "Yes I do." "I really have to do this." "And before you say anything, I have to do it on my own." "How are you doing?" "It's him." "He won't stop crying." "What's the matter?" "Is this what you want?" " There." " Been there, done that." "The minute he throws out, starts crying, can you watch?" "Unbelievable!" "He's been howling all morning, then you arrive and is a different child!" "Little shit!" "Baby cries when they want something." "How hard can that be?" "Very hard." "Believe me." "Is not like this for anyone else, you know?" "See?" "There is a bond." "You can't deny it." "Why don't you pick him up?" "Hold him." "He's happy again." "Better not disturb him." "Anyway I..." "I thought you had all the help you could use." "You mean Jo." "You can't be serious!" "Not what I had lover boy." "Oh, come on!" "If you were here she'd be gone." "No contest." "Really?" "As of when?" "As of now if that's what you want." "That's not for me to say." "Is up to you." "That should cover Ella's fees for the rest of the school year." "How big could be the contribution to the headmaster fund?" " 5000 suits you?" " Very much." "Ah, the young lady herself." "Come in my dear." "I was just saying Mr Tyrel here that we have acted for your family for generations." "One of our oldest clients." "And one of the best." "Mr Radking tells me that he is your legal guardian." "You understand that power, power assists at the school... well, me actually, all the time you are with us?" "Looking after you're right my dear." "Decent room and set both." "Excellent." "I brought this." "No, no, no." "Don't trouble." "It's for your eyes only as they say." "Now, have you got your key?" "Excellent." "Well I must be off." "This won't buy the baby a new bonnet." "Good luck my dear." "You know where I am if you need me." " Good by Tyrel." " Mr Radking." "Uh, very mysterious." "Don't you ever knock?" "Knock, knock!" "I want to talk to you." "You tell me afterward of sending Cassie in there in her own." "She'll be fine." "She's the child's mother." "Azazeal won't hurt her." "That's what you say." "She is like... patsy in his hands." "Put it down." "You don't know what you're dealing with." "Pheuh!" "Put down makes jar as water." "OK, but it was a flimsy bowl." "Just leave thinks alone." "What have we here?" "The vision of Orokiah..." " Leave it!" " What is it?" " Nothing." " Doesn't look like nothing." "Looks like some kind of spooky exorcist shit." "Would that be right?" "Yeah, but I'm right I bet is important." "Thelma." "What is important is that you leave me in peace." "You know, if you'd showed up on time you wouldn't be kebabing a baby... and Cassie would be home and dry." "If I'd showed up on time there'd be no baby and Cassie would be dead." "But you didn't." "You would be rubbish, aren't you?" "Now, now... be nice." "Blades... must be beneath the ribs... up... into the heart." "The precise length 8 inches." "Enough to cleave the body and soul of any mortal." "Cleave the body and soul could you?" "Is their size is important right?" "In death... as in life size is always important." "You shouldn't leave that stone in there." "He might hurt himself." "Take it out, then." "Better not." "I don't want to disturb him." "Anyway, he won't let go with it." "Not since you gave it to him." "And that's what he wants." "To wind you up and the he just... throws it down in howls." "Come here." "What for?" "So I can tell you how much I've missed you." "Oh, please...." "Cassie you know how I felt when you befriended that girl." "I can tell you I felt betrayed." "God you're good enough." "How do you think I felt when I found out about him." "I imagine you felt privileged." "You are joking." "You really believe that don't you?" "What am I here then, the chosen vessel?" "Your left passion fertile soil?" "What else is he for?" "I cannot be your haggard bastard!" "That's more like it." "That's my Cassie." "I'm not your Cassie!" "Aren't you?" "Now, I've called these sessions "Ready for tomorrow?"" "And I deliberately made it a question." "Are any of us ready for tomorrow?" "Well?" " Yes!" "Ah..." "Roxanne, isn't it?" " Mr Heriot..." " Oh, Please!" "Please!" "Call me Jez." "Just Jez." " Jez." "OK." " Jez!" "OK, cool." "You also put sexual responsibility in the modern world?" "Is the only reason she came." "And I just wonder uh..." "what does that means exactly?" "What do you think it means?" "Any ideas Leon?" "No, sorry." "Don't you know?" "Jez?" "Fair point." "Well I'll tell you." "I think is very easy these days to form relationships without taking any time to consider the consequences." "So, if you ask me what I mean by responsibility..." "Well, is about thinking ahead." "This guy is a swank." "...using our emotional intelligence, if you will." "You're familiar with emotional intelligence Leon?" "He's not familiar with any kind of intelligence." " Shut up!" "Ok, come on!" "Settle down!" "Is it with you guys?" "You can't handle a serious discussion?" "Just ignore them Jez." "Sound and screams ever." "A lot of them." "Jez?" "Jez!" " Can I talk to you?" " Roxanne, hi!" "What can I do for you?" "I just want to say how awful I felt about your session today." "These boys are so immature." "Thanks." "Don't worry." "I can handle it." "I'm sure you can." "So, is there anything else?" "Sorry?" "Oh, Yes!" "I haven't told anyone this but..." "I keep getting these flashbacks." "Flashbacks?" "You know what happened to poor Felix." "I just turn that I can't put terms with it yet." "Were you offered counselling?" "Sure but, you know, like in a group thing." "I mean you've seen the people I hang with." "Need I say more?" "So... what did you have in mind?" "Something more... personal." "I see..." "One to one." "That would be brilliant!" "You know?" "I don't think you should give up on the group just yet." "I need you hang on in there and... you know, we make the journey together." "Mm?" "And that's it?" "Until the next session." "Such a challenge!" "I'm already looking forward to it." "He's still sleepy." "Stop pretending you don't care." " I don't." " Of course you do." "Why else would you be here?" "Look." "I'm sorry if I've offended you." "Single parenting it's taking its toll." "Now, I haven't been sleeping." "I'm serious." "Night after night makes me touchy." " Touchy?" "I'm not talking to you." "Touchy bastard!" " Why are we here?" " Oh big question for a ghost." "Not so smart." "I know that you know what I mean." "Mind your language." "Now." "Holy water." "Why do you think they keep it?" "You're nicking holy water from a church and you're worried about my language." " You are so-- - Just keep a look out!" " What for?" " Anything suspicious." "What?" "Like us you mean?" "What are you doing in there?" "!" "Ah!" "Oh my God!" "I've got it." "Come on, we are going." " What are you doing?" " Demon." "Don't go and look at it!" " Where?" " It was like braeghh!" "And I was out here!" "And it was at hush hush!" " And I was at—" " Yes I've got it!" "Thank you!" " Well it's not there now!" " It was big, and it was black!" " And it was over there!" " Thelma, Thelma, it was nothing." "What?" "Oh, shit!" "Sorry, I'll be with you in a minute!" "Just, can't find the right hole!" "Oh!" "That's better!" "Sorry, we haven't met, have we?" "Jez Heriot." "Please, call me Jez." "Child of shade." "Is that what you really think?" "It's yours Cassie." "Yours and mine." "He can be anything he wants to be." "Doesn't he deserves his chance?" "What about me?" "Do I deserve my chance too?" "So... to business." "What do you think of that?" "Roxanne is in lust!" "Oh my God!" "Oh poor cow..." "She looks a thousand." "Someone should tell her." "So really, Mr "call me Jez" you don't think is kind of cute?" "I say is gay." "Could be, I suppose." "I mean they often are." "Priests." " Didn't you know?" " No kidding?" "No." "No, I bumped into him earlier." "And he's a priest all right." "No question." "Never mind Roxy, you can't win them all." "You know she's a closet dyke, don't you?" " Who?" " Roxanne." "I don't believe you." "Yeah well I'd bet she helps out when it's busy." "You don't want to get too friendly." "You know how you are with temptation." "You know, this whole funny about arriving to late." "You were up to something." "Weren't you?" "Come on?" "What was she like?" "I'm not telling." "And anyway it was a boy." " Man, actually." " Uh..." "A man, actually." "Oh come on!" "Let's have all the sordid details." "It wasn't sordid!" "What is this for?" "You really want to know?" "No." "Yes!" " It'll open you a third eye." " No kidding." " I normally use vodka." " One drop beneath the tongue and then a mere mortal will see the spirit world." "It's a very strong vodka." "Cassie'll go ballistic when she sees this." "Nonsense." "This is her very own hexagram." " Big Guau!" " This could save her life." "When Azazeal finds out the child is gone he'll stop at nothing to get him back." "The hexagram is an ancient symbol of power and whatever he comes just up this will protect Cassie and the baby." "Oh yeah you wouldn't want anything to happen to the baby." "Sorry!" "Seriously... what makes you so sure she's even coming back?" "Don't worry." "Cassie knows what's at stake." "She'll find the strength to resist temptation." "Still have jealous?" "Not look that way." "And I'll never will." "Not if we trust each other." "You know you can have anything you want." "Don't you?" "I don't want anything." "Neither do I." "Not now." "My angel." "Hi!" "What's all that about?" "I'm not supposed to say anything." "Well the thing is... ever since Felix she's been really depressed and when you said you wouldn't counsel her..." "I didn't say that." "Well, not exactly." "Look, it's... it's nothing to do with me and I..." "I shouldn't even be telling you this but whatever you said..." " Yes but I only meant that she" "No." "I'm sure you wouldn't mean anything but she took it really, really badly." "Anyway, I should..." "I should come see if she is all right." "No." "Leave it to me." "I'll go and talk to her." "Roxanne." "I wonder if can have a word." "I didn't mean to upset you." "I must have seemed very harsh." "No emotional intelligence." "Sorry." "Anyway, about the counselling." "Maybe we can reconsider." "Are you sure?" "." "It would mean so much to me." "I've..." "I've been through hell." "You have no idea." " But I don't want you to feel pressured." " No." "No." "It's fine." "OK." "So, where?" "When?" "Well ah... my room is out of the question." "Obviously... yours too." "So how about the library?" " Library." " Around nine?" " An hour we make a start?" " Yeah." "Are you sure you can spare the time?" "Hey." "No worries." "I'll see you later." "OK?" "You've missed a bit." "I'm not being funny... you missed the squiggle and a bit of Latin." "Here, look." "Please yourself." "Do you want to know what Orokiah had to say?" "I know what Orokiah had to say." " And what about the Latin?" " Language of priests and charlatans." "Forget about it." "This is who I am Thelma." "Is what I am for." "What happens now?" "Now we wait." "Shit!" "This is actually pretty amazing." "Look towards the setting sun even to the western sky where the clouds gather and Azazeal whore grows great with child." "Is that Cassie?" "Whore wasn't quite so nasty on those days." "In fact it was affectionate." "In the day she brings forth her son take the dagger in thy right hand and slay him so then shall mankind be released the gates of chaos shall be made fast and poor old Thelma shall disappear." "Not really." "I made that up." "Is that what's worrying you?" "I'm trying not to think about it." "It goes on about a plague of demons and there are some pictures of them." "Look." "All grim and scaly." "Demons come in many guises." "They can deceive you with their beauty as well as tear you with their close." "Ah yeah?" "Tell me more." " You'll only take the piss." " I won't." "All right." "But only as a warning my demon took the form of a man beautiful, beautiful man." "I was in love with him." "From the very first moment a perfect fit of body and soul and when we lay together we didn't know where one of us ended and the other begun." "God." "No wonder you were late." "But make no mistake." "He was still a demon sent to snare me." "I was bewitched." "So..." "If I play mi cards right do you think some fit female might suddenly appear and turn me from the strait and narrow." " You're hopeless." " No." "Come on!" "They can't all be straight." "There must be some rough munches in here somewhere." "What do you reckon?" "Dream on." "What what what what are you doing?" "The Hexagram is drawn specially for you." "So that when you are inside nothing of Azazeal's may enter." "But, if he were inside and you outside, nothing of his could escape and harm you." "A sort of cosmic condom." "I thought you were going for milk." "I'm going." "Is good to have you back darling." "Is good to be here." "He will come." "You know that." "He has to come." "It's only a matter of time." "But this will keep you safe." "I do appreciate this chance." "It's been so difficult since Felix..." "Can I stop you there Roxanne?" "I think it probably goes a little bit deeper than that." " Really?" " Hu, Felix was the the mechanism." "The emotional trigger if you will." "We need to find the point at which things first started to go wrong." "I see." "You understand?" "You mind if I take notes?" "No." "Ah well let me think, ah..." "When I was fourteen my parents moved to Oregon and I was sent to live with family friends." "Do you thing that one have something to do with it?" "I don't know." "You tell me." "Well there were two sons but except..." "bit little older than me and... ..the father of course." "It was nice." "Anyway, one thing led to another and..." "Are you saying that you were abused?" "Well, I wouldn't say abused... exactly." "Excuse me!" "Could I have a word?" "George!" "What do you mean?" "What can I do for you?" "Three of them!" "What's that all at once or individually?" "Oh no!" "Individually." "They used to come to my room." "That's awful!" " And then there was Pamela." "Pamela?" "The mother." "Did she uh...?" "Oh yes." "She was surprisingly supple for a woman of her age." "Oh." "Oh." " Sorry." " You don't want to hear about all of this." "No, no, no, you need to get it all out in the open." "Now then!" "SP avenue!" "Sorry sir, I didn't see you down there." "Only uh..." "I have to lock up." "Yeah." "It's fine George." "We'll..." "clean up after ourselves." "Very good sir." "By Miss." "Oops." "Guess I'd better run." "We can't stop now." "Oh, but I don't want to get you into trouble." "We... we haven't finished." "Well, is there a rule that says that we have to do it all at once?" "Didn't think so." "Thank you." "Good night." "See you tomorrow." "Cassie!" "Cassie, is almost time." "I'm going to set things up at the church." "Church?" "What church?" "Te ritual must take place at midnight on consecrated ground." "Don't worry." "When the time comes, I will do the deed." "Thanks." "Looks after his mom." "Let's beat him." "On no account leave the hexagram." " I'll be as quick as I can." " Ella!" " I don't think I can go through with this." " You must." "You're Azazeal's whore." "Don't worry." "Slightly affectionate?" "You know?" "I went to bed with him." "What!" "Today?" "I knew you would you slack!" "Sorry." "That was affectionate." "Honestly Cassie, after everything that's happened!" "I know... right!" "But I guess part of me still loves him." "And another part still wants him." "Quite a big part actually." "I don't expect you to understand." "You have to have been there." "Oh I've been there." "Uh!" "My God, It's him!" "What, where?" "There unto the trees." "Sorry!" "Hey!" "You are trembling." "And your out of your hexagram!" "God I'm cradled all night." "Listen, I know." "I know we can't touch but..." "There's nothing says that we can't clap up together." "That will be nice." "I really need you to call up with me." "I know you are out there." "Don't fuck with me!" "Oh my God he's coming!" "Cassie, he's coming!" "What are you doing!" "You scared the living shit out of me!" "You haven't got any shit!" "Living or otherwise." "And you know something else?" "You haven't got the baby." "What were you doing?" "If Azazeal has the child we are finished." "Ella, let's think about this now." "We were all inside the hexagram." "Now you said Azazeal couldn't enter the hexagram, right?" "No." "Not if you are inside." "It's drawn to protect you." "So that means Malachi must have just wandered off." "Ok." "Yes, so we can find him." "He's only a baby!" "He can't have gone far." "No!" "Not you!" "You don't leave the hexagram!" "Stay here and don't move!" "What now?" "In here!" "So behind." "It must have been George the porter." "Oh, my God!" "Who is it?" "George the porter." "Cassie!" "OK." "Don't panic." "He's still looking too." "He hasn't still found the child." "And if Cassie does what I told her she's safe." "Malachi!" "You... you're walking!" "Who's a clever big boy then?" "Come to mummy!" "Come on!" "Malachi!" "Malachi!" "Hey!" "Malachi!" "Malachi!" "Just, just stay there!" "Just, Malachi!" "Just, just wait!" "Good boy!" "Come to mummy!" "Come to mummy." "Malachi!" "Stay where you are..." "Malachi..." "What were you doing?" "You made mummy so frightened!" "Is a good boy." "Cassie." "What are you doing?" "Why you ran away from me?" "Cassie." "Cassie what is this?" "Please..." "What's the matter?" "Don't you trust me?" "Cassie, stay where you are." "He can't hurt you." "Cassie she's a sick girl!" "She needs help!" "Cassie, take the child and go to my room!" "Wait for me there!" " Cassie." " Do it!" "Is this thing supposed to hold me?" "Is drawn for Cassie." "You know it will." "Listen!" "Listen!" "You can't really think she's going to let you kill the child." " Our child." " She'll do what's right." "Not this time." "You're too late." "The bond is too strong." "She's mine body and soul." "Perfect fit." "You know how that feels, don't you Ella?" "No..." "Whatever hold you had over her is broken." "How little you know of life..." "Of her..." "Of me." "Look at him." "He's just an ordinary baby." "God help us!" " Malachi is a bit spooky." " Yeah." "But who know how he'll turn out." "He might grow up to invent penicillin." " It's been done." " Well you know what I mean." "He shouldn't be sentenced to death for who his parents are." "And is that what ought to be dead years ago." "Me too." "You know what I mean." " Come on." "Let's go." " But what about Azazeal?" "Well, the hexagram will hold him but we have to be quick." " Cosmic condom!" " Ella!" " We've been thinking." " Eh?" "Well all right." "I've been thinking." "It's not right really." "I mean he's only a baby." "Cassie." "We've done this." "He's not a baby." "You know that." "Now, quickly!" "Take him!" "We have to go!" "He's got his all life ahead of him..." "Listen to me." "Whatever thoughts are going through your mind are not truly yours." "Do you hear what I'm saying?" "They're been put there." "And you know by whom." "You have to be strong!" "Yes?" "!" "OK." "Let's go!" "It's time!" "We have to be quick!" "Put the child down Cassie and walk away." "There's a ritual to be performed." "Don't worry." "He won't suffer." "And we dispatched into darkness body and soul." "And so it was written by Orokiah first of the anointed ones." "Take the sacred blade in my right hand." " Cassie!" " At signum" " You don't want any part on this, do you?" "I never lied to you." "I told you I loved you." "It was true then and it's true now." "And was it wrong for me to love our son?" "Don you trust me?" "It is only a baby!" "Cassie!" "I told you I loved you!" "You have to be strong!" "Cassie!" "Sanctum daedro!" "Noooo!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "Cassie..." "I love you." "Good child..." "How little you know of life..." "Of her..." "Of me." "Ella, come on!" " We need to set a trap." " This is nothing to do with me." "She wants to see you again." "It can be arranged." "I don't think I could stand it, if you two were on a team." "Why can't we do something normal?"