When Hailey met his gaze, her heart suffered a violent jolt. Her eyes were full of panic.
Then she remembered that she was no longer alive in any ordinary sense. Yannick could not see her.
She could not recall exactly what had happened after she drove the dagger into her chest. When awareness returned, Yannick was the first thing she saw.
At first, she thought she was trapped in a nightmare. She reached for him, but her fingers passed straight through his body.
She had read stories about spirits lingering after death. 'Could something like that actually be true?'
Otherwise, there was absolutely no way to explain her current transparent, ethereal state.
She floated beside him as he returned from Grayford carrying her seal. She watched him lift the unconscious Mira into his arms.
Perh
