Mark of the beast

There was evil in the air at the seance that would transform their lives. Janice said she had not changed but there were signs Alan could not ignore. Like the strange mark on her hand, the naked wanderings in the moonlight, the blood stains on her clothes ... And so Alan turned to the ex-prieest Ruane, a man drained of self-respect, a drunkard, a reject -- the only man who would listen. A man who knew the reality of the devil.