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This was the end

Unscrewing the lid, I tipped the innocent blue pill ontopalm and stared What would hell be like? Would I survive o to heaven onthe pearly white light people spoke of

Looking down at , I frowned at the soppy wetness of my trousers The blood hadn’t stopped I could just bleed to death

Take the pill

It would be fast Hopefully not too painful

Working h saliva to sithout needing water My dry ht

The weight of everything was suddenly too e of the safe I would rest for a lass of water A few more minutes before I died

I slipped into a semi-trance state and didn’t hear the footsteps until it was too late

My reactions were coainst the back of my skull, and I plummeted like a rock

I was out cold before I hit the floor

I ca I recognised the pull, the tightness It’d been over two years since I’d been stitched back together, and I found inrepaired

My head haish beat of my heart, and I couldn’t s the foul taste in ether the right way

My gut twisted The pill! Did I take it and this was hell? That didn’t explain the swelling on the base of my skull or the soft uessed they’d used one of the s on the tables around the room

My eyes shot wide and I sucked in a breath Zel bowed over , her forehead furrowed, lips pursed in concentration Two fingers pinched ical thread through the wound

My hands clenched as the rush of conditioning dousedheart beat faster as Hazel touched h I wanted to scream at her to run, but the sharp pinprick of pain from the needle helped me retain my self-control Shame filled ony

I clutched the bedspread, panting with heat, shivering with chill

Her eyes rose tohere But I couldn’t walk out the door when I saw you holding that pill I knohat you were going to do" Her eyes flickered to aon the other side of the bed Masked, dressed in white, his blue eyes never stopped looking at us She’d brought a bodyguard? Or was theto understand

"The , and I never want to see you again," Zel muttered

My heart tripled its beat, but I nodded It was the only way

Zel stabbed the needle inht you ht like the pain" Her eyes held a silent conversation

I know you self-harured this would be what you wanted

I nodded, battling past my headache "Thank you" I couldn’t say it out loud so I forced thewordlessly wasn’t enough She deserved a heart-felt apology She deservedevery part of love-covered hand and squeezed Sing hard, I murmured, "I’m so sorry I have no excuse for what happened, and I know there’s no chance you’ll forgivehard "I need you to know you’ve helpedyou I didn’t mean to"

She pulled her hand away "You could’ve fooled me The look in your eyes, Fox You weren’t all there I think you need to find proper treat Then and there I didn’t care anymore about secrecy or what they’d do to me if they found out I just needed it to be freed from inside me

There’s a witness

I looked at the medic His masked face was blank; body tense I shut down I couldn’t discuss what I was in front of hi at hi ain "Why are you the one sewing ?"

Zel’s lips flickered into a tiny ser You tried to kill soer?" Her eyebrow raised "I have basic CPR and what I studied to earn a receptionist job at a doctor’s practice But I’ at the medic, she added, "He checked your wounds while you were out and agreed nothing internally is daood sewer Ask Clue I can crochet with the best of theured this couldn’t beis co a da a dae to stab you multiple ti sit there and let me finish" Fire lit her eyes "If you think you can stop entlemen over there will dose you up with anaesthesia so fast you’ll be out cold, and when you wake, I’ll be gone forever"

The needle stabbedcowered by her tirade,cock thickened My heart pu her I wanted so fuckingher and kiss her, and thank the universe for givingpain, I can keep it together" The ad an annoyed glance at theabout ht of you leaving fucking kills me"