`` did you break into my house the other night , hoping to see her ? '' she 'd be free to come and go as she chose . a broken silver chain wound about his dead fingers . without another word she left the room . but what about when youre not reading ? he 'd had an itchy feeling all day , a knowing that something important was going to happen . cole joined in my laughter and nodded . `` we know that this is all going to be decided one way or the other in nine more months . 