Sienna
“It’s impossible. Elspeth is long dead,” I managed to say even though I was still trembling inside for various reasons. One of those reasons had just pulled away from me – from our connection.
“Dead?” Emmerich echoed, but somehow he made it sound as if the question was merely a requirement. I was pretty sure the name was familiar to him. After all, we read the Book of Lilith mostly together, and sometimes, in turns.
Emmerich might not seem surprised but he apparently wanted to know more. Why should he be surprised? The Junction was home to ghosts, some of which were hiding in plain sight. We saw the girl together. Was that her?
“Dead twice. If we have to believe the books of Lilith and Estella, Elspeth died as a teenager,” I reminded him. My breathing had now calmed, but my p
