"is she dead?", Nora asked.

Mother hushed her. There was a woman in strange apparel lying unconscious in their living room. She didn't seem to be hurt, but she looked distraught even in her sleep.

"is she alive?", Nora hovered over the woman and decided to touch her face."she's warm"

Mother smiled at her ten year old and went away to cook for dinner. Her husband would be home anytime soon. It had been three days but the woman wasn't showing any signs of waking up. There was only one logical explanation she could think of.

She crossed over without knowing.

But how would that be possible? The Castle was a safe gate. Any traveller would be...