And gasped as I stumbled, opened my eyes. Disorientation fed the weird wobble of my perception as I attempted to adjust to being on my own two feet, looking at the world around me from my own eyes and not through some tiny window of magic making my surrounds seem oppressive and gargantuan.
So strange to be me again, my body intact as my hands explored it in frantic patting motions to ensure I was all in one piece.
Ethie? Leah's tremulous voice echoed in my head, distant but still there. Where did you go?
I almost laughed, choked on the need to expel hysterical giggles into the musty air of the bedroom I'd found myself in. I'm here, I sent to her. I'm not leaving you behind. My knees ached as I pivoted and grasped the locket's chain from the creepy little wire mannequin on Viviana's dres
