William gritted his teeth, his energy snapping angrily around him as it pushed the door of his room open, almost throwing it off its hinges. It had been a while since he had come here—even before being dragged to the Otherworld, he spent all his free time with Annabel in her room. He just kept his very few belongings in this place and occasionally dropped by when Anna was busy and he had nothing to do.
Now the room looked even smaller and lonelier than before, dark and filled with the silence that seemed to have followed him all the way from the Otherworld. Even as he sent his energy toward the light switch, the lamp on the wall flickered to life, then made a buzzing sound and blackened out again.
What did you expect? You are useless now. She doesn’t need your opinion, your body, or your
