Chapter FourTHE CONJOINED SHADOW minds rippled as their thoughts spread out across the Void. More and more victims in the physical realm had wandered or been driven into traps, and more Shadow replicants were created and crossed over. The small trickle of movement had become a flood.
In the place where spacetime existed, mental contact between Shadows remained difficult. There, they were confined to solid bodies, separated from each other and shaped by—haunted by—the memories and personalities of their victims, which they retained from the copied brain matter and coding of their cell structures.
Their numbers had grown so great that extensive coordination was vital, now more than ever. This need had been identified and was being addressed as they moved toward the final stage of their pla
