I woke to excited screeches from the front room. I blinked the sleep from my eyes and wondered if it was a parakeet being murdered or my possessed roommate.

Mila burst into the room. She seemed almost back to her usual self. "Kira, come out. Come meet my dad! He's brought stuff for us!" She vanished with a flip of her blonde hair.

I rubbed my temples. What the hell was going on? The last thing I remembered was falling into bed around noon after taking a really long shower. I ...