31 In the hallway, Andre ran into Em's guitarist, one of the backup singers, and a crew member getting out of the elevator. He realized he probably needed to start learning names if he was going to stick around. They exchanged polite nods, and then Andre got into the elevator and headed down to the ground floor. He considered giving Vi a call. He didn't like leaving Em alone in the room without the protection spell up, but he had mentioned it to Em and he had to trust her. Besides, it had been a week and a half since any sort of attack. Maybe the beast was scared off by his and Vi's teaming up. Maybe the beast was gone. Or maybe it was biding its time. Andre wasn't convinced that it was gone. And it wasn't just because he wanted to cling to a reason to stay at Em's side. Unease began

