Awakened
Did revisiting her family awaken some sort of zombie energy in her?
Whatever ghosts lingered in the upper corridors of this damn estate, whatever buried painful history she was uncovering, they were clearly demanding a heavy toll. The submissive, fragile girl her father thought he could kick around had vanished entirely, replaced by a dangerous, resurrected force moving through the dark shadows of her past. Yet, beneath that lethal resolve, I had caught the subtle tremor in her hands before she stood up from the table. She was walking a tightrope over a pit of ruthless snakes, carrying a weight that would have crushed almost anyone else.