How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
My breath catches in my throat. A tingle starts in my fingertips. No. I won't be pulled under. Begone. (9.108)
She begins to gain some control over her new power, and can stop it from happening at inopportune moments. Sometimes, though, there is nothing she can do.
Quote #5
It's my mother, my mother here in this place, the grain of her dress real on my fingers. She breaks into a smile.
"Find me if you can," she says, and runs off.
Part of her hem catches on a tree branch but she tears free. I grab the scrap of fabric, tuck it into my bodice, and chase her […] (10.13-15)
Gemma's vision here is in a dream, but the torn bit of cloth appears in reality, so here is another moment when reality is blurred. This makes us wonder: If someone dies in Gemma's dream, does it happen in real life? Is she in danger each time she falls asleep?
Quote #6
Through the mist I chase her, till we're in the musty halls of Spence, up and around the endless stairs, down the hallway on the third floor where five class pictures hang in a row. […] I'm standing, alone, at the top, in front of the closed doors to the East Wing. (10. 15)
The main purpose the visions seem to serve is to give Gemma clues about what is happening to her and what her power is all about. In this passage, there are multiple hints about the mystery Gemma must solve.