Chapter ThirteenAway from the actual courtyard, or exercise yard, Jenny could get a better sense of where she was. Now that her head was clearer and most of her fear had gone, she could try and piece together what she had seen and what it meant. The creatures, whatever they were, had considerable telepathic powers which they could use to control and, in her case, guide. The attacks on the animals were still a puzzle. Why would they do that? And what had happened to them afterwards? The younger brother had obviously been taken somewhere, of this she was sure. He hadn't been killed. The thought had begun to grow in her mind that the creatures were in some way collecting specimens. Why she had this idea she wasn't sure, but it seemed to fit. On the face of it, the creatures appeared benevolen
