ava flattened her hands on his chest and pushed . when she was done , she pushed away from the table and stalked toward a row of books and disappeared between them . it came out of nowhere , and i could not see anything for a moment , like time literally paused . the position youve put me in ? i told you i dont have anyone to talk to , and i trust you . some may already be dead , or its fairly certain that theyll return with us that way . 