QUOTE : Empress.—<br /><br />I tensed. Was that . . . Matthew’s voice? Why would he be in my head after all these months? How dare he contact me now! Leave me alone! A buzz in my ears grew louder and louder, like white-noise on steroids.<br /><br />—Have a secret. He doesn’t want me to tell you.—<br /><br />His eerie tone gave me chills.<br /><br />Aric hurried around the truck, snatching open my door. He leaned in, cradling my face in his shaking palms. He was speaking to me with dread in his eyes, but I couldn’t hear a word.<br /><br />Get out of my head, Fool!<br /><br />—Listen.— A different voice carried into my mind: —“What kind of danger is she in? Damn it, tell me! What’s coming, coo-yôn?”—<br /><br />I whimpered. Jack??? Is that you? He sounded so close.<br /><br />Blood kept pouring. My breaths shallowed till I was hyperventilating, on the verge of blacking out. But I was desperate to hear more of his voice. Jack, please answer me!