Generally speaking, driving with a possible concussion, potentially cracked ribs, and any of the various other injuries Nadia might have incurred facing Sofia was not considered to be a very good idea ( Read more... )

All the lights were on again. The stereo was on, and though she wasn't really listening, she'd occasionally catch a word or two of the songs as they drifted by.

. . . turn all the bright lights up,
turn the radio up loud.

There were times when she wondered if she had some kind of unconscious musical power. . . .She still remembered everything. ( Read more... )

Anyone who might have been passing by room 7 of the Carriage House when reality was snapped into place would hear a soft hissing sound, like a slow leak.

Nadia was standing at her bureau, staring into the mirror, frozen midway in the process of brushing her hair.

( The slow leak was from her )