She let herself into her house. She chose her house because it seemed to be sprouting out of the earth like a tree. It was deeply rooted to the ground and it’s walls were covered with ivy. The lights inside casted a warm glow throughout the interior. Renaissance paintings gazed down at her as she walked through the hallway. The remains of the dress she had worn to the festival lay on her bed. In order to prevent the brother and sister who lit Nadia on fire from causing disruption in her life again, she attempted a banishing spell. If it was successful, the curse would hit them at night- they would wake up in a cold sweat and immediately sense that unpleasant things would come their way if they tried to put her in danger again. When it was completed, she felt panic and distress lift off her shoulders. Be My Angel by Mazzy Star crackled through the bad signal on her radio player and out of the open window. She sat in the grass in her back yard and felt the fog roll in and touch her cool skin. A tiny spider to walked up Nadia's leg towards the hem of her dress. She placed it on her fingers and watched it crawl up her wrist.
She opened her phone sent a text message to Ciaran: "Come to the beach with me."