He wasn’t sure if he was seeing more light because of what the Mothers had done to make sure John couldn’t take him over again, or because the light was really there. Blackjack, riding up front in the shotgun seat, looked out the windows like he could see the strange brightness, too.Behind them on the road, Saul and Calvin Brent were driving Mother Yana, Mother Keara, and Mother Anemone in Bela’s SUV. They had come along to explain their findings and thoughts, how they had forced a closer mental bond between Duncan and John—but something was wrong.Off.Duncan’s gut hurt from it.John, still furious and flattened from all the Mothers’ prodding, stirred in Duncan’s brain, then seemed to come to attention.I feel it, he said.The world seemed completely ass-backward and fucked up. Maybe it was the End of Days, and nobody had bothered to tell Duncan. He dug his fingers into his jeans, trying to get a fix on what he was sensing, but he had to grab the panic bar above his door as Andy changed lanes too fast.
