The girl's body slumped to the floor, lifeless and cold.<br/><br/>* * * * * *<br/><br/>Anette gripped the banister as she held fast, her world spinning. She felt a mix of sickness, and a strange joy as she felt life forcibly extracted and sent downward like lightning. Someone had died, but not by natural causes. She felt herself shaking as she tried to breath, her chest tightening.<br/><br/>A small burst of immense power began to build as she tried to move up the stairs again.