Chapter 6
Unlike me, Nick had planned ahead. Nick had a flashlight.
I resisted the urge to put my hands up when he shone it on me.
"Amanda? Was that you I heard a minute ago?"
Oh, so I was yelling out loud when I was in pain. Good to know.
"I think so," I said.
"What are you doing in here anyway?" he asked.
"I went home, but I felt another sudden attack of pain like I had in the hallway just outside this door. I thought they might be connected. I came over to be sure," I said.
"This is a magic thing?" he asked. Or whispered, really.
"It's definitely a magic thing," I said.
Then he finally saw the body in the wardrobe.
"Amanda!" he cried, looking from the body to me with eyes wide.
"He was dead before… I saw him," I finished lamely. I could scarcely claim he was dead before I op
