“You have to listen now, Nick. You must. It’s the only way. Otherwise, you’ll have to stay. You must listen very carefully now. Hear only the right things.” Her mouth left my ear and her cold, wet hair trailed across my cheek and we were face-to-face again, her lifeless eyes fixed on mine. I screamed. Pulled back and away, scrambling, falling from the bed, the darkness rising as Ashley followed me down, lowering her lips to mine.
