So his impression of these people as toying with them was correct, at least according to her. Not that he was going to take her every word as truth, but if that was really what Landel was doing, it was unconscionable. People shouldn't have their lives treated like part of a game, and he had to find out what was really going on here and why. He had to find out who Landel was, where his allegiance resided and what his real motives were.

He couldn't help leaning forward interestedly at the next piece of information. Someone on the bulletin board had said something about the basement -- was she going to say the same, or was there another way? If she had personal experience, it would be even better. "Really? Where?"