Here we go… to catch up here’s the link to episodes six to eight and from there the earlier episodes.

Part 9

Agnes stood over her father. To Patrick she had an intense expression utterly at odds with her years. ‘Daddy, you need to relax. Mummy understood.’

Patrick had given up fighting his binding. ‘What’s happening?’

Agnes frowned, like she was searching for something. It took a moment for Patrick to realise she was listening, concentrating on some voice that only she could hear. ‘The Wise say you wouldn’t understand.’

‘Who the f… hell are the Wise?’

Agnes took a moment and moved away to where the woman who had driven them stood, peering across the fields. Patrick craned to look where she was looking but gave up. ‘Ask them if Mummy is alright.’

Agnes looked at him and smiled. ‘Oh yes, mummy will be ok. She’s being seeded.’

‘Seeded?…