Yarrows do not die. People do. The family motto. Cynthia Yarrow laughs as she returns to Oxrun Station, her old hometown. The family is assembled to greet the prodigal-but they have changed in the years Cyd's been away.

Cyd's mother cuts herself but does not bleed. One evening a horrified Cyd discovers her father's lifeless body-only to see him alive and laughing just minutes later.

Everything is fine, they assure her-she'll understand as soon as she visits Dr. Kraylin. When Cyd refuses, she is pursed through Oxrun Station's street by a powerful grey limousine.

As the death-car bears down on her, she wonders, is she still a Yarrow-or is she their next target?