Harry spoke into the silence of the ranch house kitchen. Callie felt the waves of fear his words inspired with her strong empathic gift, and wanted to go to him, but he caught her eye and sent a short burst of telepathic thought. He had to do this alone. She understood, but still wanted to stand by her brother as their family turned to look at him with varying degrees of alarm. “Your mother? Mara’s coming here?” Mama Jane’s cheeks went pale as Harry nodded. “Dear Lord, why?” Her voice was a terrified whisper. It had been a long time since the alien scientist called Mara 12 had come out to the O’Hara ranch for any reason. Harry’s biological mother literally had the power of life and death over all the human inhabitants in the small, protected valley. Harry’s gaze shifted to the eldest of the three O’Hara brothers. “Papa Caleb knows why.” “What’s going to happen, Caleb?” Jane whispered. The whole family knew Caleb had a strong gift of precognition. He knew things about the future.
