For a moment a nightmarish thought tormented him: What if Elder's orders had not been to kill him but to release him?

Flying to Canada: what a nightmarish thought!

For the first 30 minutes of action, though, that nightmarish thought looked more than possible.

He hugged Mom Jo tight, trying to drive away the nightmarish thoughts.

He dismissed this nightmarish thought and scrambled down the ladder.

That nightmarish thought had cost LuAnn more sleep than she could remember.

Unfortunately, the nightmarish thoughts kept coming in waves.

A knock on the door allowed her to put her nightmarish thoughts away.

It was a nightmarish thought.

"Oh, no," I said, closing my eyes at the nightmarish thought.