Alyssandra<br/><br/>Alyssandra was taken aback.  This was by far one of the strangest things that had happened in a series of strange happening.  The woman at her door was at the very least bordering on hysterics, going on and on about her daughter.  The shrill quality of her voice grated on Alyssandra’s senses like course sand sloshing around inside her skull.<br/>“Stop!”  the woman suddenly stopped, looking up at Alyssandra in something that might have been fear, hope, or insanity.  “Please, come inside and let me fix you something to calm your nerves.  Then we can talk about this trouble with your daughter.”<br/>