Felicia, at age 14, gave birth to a beautiful child that took the name Jeremy. Despite Felicia's attempts to explain that she had done nothing to cause the pregnancy, her mother refused to believe her. Mrs. Stewart, desperate to protect their reputations, claimed the child as her own. She brought in nurse after nurse to care for the baby, but each nurse lasted only a short while. There was something about this baby ... Felicia couldn't help but love her baby, especially the way he called her. Tiny hands . . . reaching out to her in the dark . . . clutching. But not there when the lights came on. As Jeremy grew and became more powerful, people around him began to die. But to Felicia . . . he was .