"You always get to choose," she said, "You could even choose not to come with me at all, though I don't recommend that. The life of a ghost is never very happy. For anyone involved," she added, glancing at his friends. They'd mourn him. Miss him. But it would be a lot harder for them to move on if he didn't, and it seemed like Eliot's instincts told him as much.

She smiled back at him, knowing that it was never easy, even if you knew it was the right thing. "You can call me Tessa."