Adriana contains both a Scheherazade and the sultan who wants to kill her. She is paralyzed, almost like the living dead, because she feels that the disappearance of her family foretells her own.
My grandmother’s house, which is the house in WOODWORM, is charged with strange energy. Nobody wants to sleep there alone, and it is common to have this feeling of being accompanied even if you don’t see or hear anyone.