“She can be,” I admit. “And the fact that I subverted her plan means she’ll regroup and come back even harder. She’s like a cockroach that way.”
Jessa shivers. She looks pale all of the sudden, trembling in a way I don’t like.
“I’m going to get the doctor,” I say, standing up.
Her hand jerks out and grabs me firmly around the wrist. “Don’t leave me,” she begs.
“Please, Anton,” she says, her voice breaking just a little. “I… I see her everywhere…” She licks her lips and finds my eyes. “That first night at the manor… I had a nightmare. At least, I thought I did. I woke up and saw a ghost in the corner watching me. And I don’t know how, but I knew it was Marina. It was too dark to make out the color of her hair, but her eyes… they were so blue and so piercing. But it wasn’t a dream, Anton
