'Aunt, didn't we hear your mum say you were pregnant?' Leigh asked.

'What has that got to do with this?' Camellia asked, Leigh's question, taking her by surprise. 'I'm definitely not going to give birth to anyone like you!'

'I hope not!' Lionel said. 'You will give birth to a child as heartless as you who will deal with you like you have dealt with others!'

'You...!' Camellia said, furiously, short of words in her anger. She raised her hand to strike Lionel but found that she could not move them. Her hands were stuck in the air, and Lionel's eyes were blazing red.

'You shouldn't mess with us, you...