Nadia nodded to the grandfather clock. I turned. Behind the hands, a pair of glittery black eyes manifested. This time though, the face of a woman appeared as well. She nodded at me, then disappeared.
I whipped my head back to Nadia. There were so many things I wanted to say, and yell, and hit her with. I powered through my mixed emotions and threw the baguette to the ground.
“What’s the point of all this? To mess with me, torment me? I have news for you, Nadia. Haunt my dreams all you want. You may get in my head, but you’re not going to weaken the resolve that lies there. Cheap theatrics don’t scare me. I’m coming for you one way or the other.”
Nadia remained unfazed. “I wanted to find you because I feel exactly the same way.”
“What are you talking about?”
She stood and took several
