The large woman made her way through the maze of corridors at a sedate pace, forcing herself not to hurry, not to give in to her feelings of unease.<br/><br/>She rubbed her arms to drive out the chill that seemed to have settled into her very bones. That would be the lack of sleep, she rationalized. She hadn't been sleeping well these past couple of days... Partly because the kids were getting up at every moment of the night to talk to each other, wander about the house and ask her to check under the bed for monsters, and in the yard for great black dogs. She of course, had done neither and told them to quit this nonsense and go back to bed.<br/><br/>Tonight it seemed, was to be another one of those nights.<br/><br/>"Alice, James..." she said, sounding disappointed rather than angry. "You should be in bed. You know you have a busy day tomorrow."