"There certainly seems like there is," Rei said as she pushed open the door. "I just...I don't want to die. And the more I think about it, the more certain I am that Blanche will probably kill me if I give him half a reason. Or I'd run away, right now, and not come back."

Her voice does tremble a little, terror of what happened that night filling her. The lightning, Naomi Wood's heart. Lesedi's rampage. All of it. It was horrifying. And she didn't know what this girl could do to stop it, but she was willing to at least...hope...she could do something.