Chapter 323: Chapter 323: Ghost Of A Friend

"Syd!" Alison's echo wavered before me, her blue eyes only a mirage of their old vibrancy. "Oh my God, Syd! You can see me!"

I glanced at Gram, unable to speak, unable to move, my entire body frozen in grief.

This could not be happening.

Gram waved at the echo. "You must go back," she said. "We did not summon you, ghost."

Alison ignored her. "I don't know what happened," she said, speaking rapidly, shooting off her narrative like machine gun fire, "I was driving, then there was water everywhere, Syd, it was dark and then I saw this light, but it was so bright and I was afraid. Then I saw Mom." She sobbed once. "She was crying! Syd, everyone was crying and my car, what happened to my car?" Alison spun around in a circle before returning her attention to me. "Where are we? You can see me!" She tried to hug me, but her echo only had enough substance there was soft resistance before she went right through me.

My blood ran cold as the vampire virus pulsed when she passed over it.