I went to the in-between space that night.
Couldn't sleep. Couldn't stop thinking about Andrea and that phrase. Needed answers from someone who would actually know what was happening.
I closed my eyes and focused on the familiar pull. The sensation of stepping sideways through reality. When I opened them again, I was standing in the grey mist. Gia appeared moments later.
She looked at me with this expression that was somehow both sad and resigned. "You want to ask about Andrea."
My stomach dropped. "How did you know?"
"Because I've been watching. Observing the situation develop." She gestured for me to sit on one of the stone formations that materialized in the mist. "And I was hoping you would come to me before it progressed too far."
"Before what progressed too far?"
"Tell me what
