Violet glared at him, dark eyes narrow and sharp. "Because I don't care about your bullshit," she spat, "And why would you kill me over something so stupid? I told you, I don't know anything about your mother. As far as I know, she's never ever been here. So maybe she's stuck in another dream."

This guy wasn't like the first woman who had shown up in her dream. If he killed her, what would happen? As Kadaj imagined her possible death, Violet herself envisioned being stuck in that house forever. She had never died in a dream before...