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He still had a hold of her, and she was grateful her sleeves hadn’t ridden up to show the fading bruises on her wrist She’d been wearing long-sleeved shirts all week She just hoped that by Monday they’d be faded enough for her to go back to sohter

“I burned it,” she admitted

“On what?”

“I’ a radiator lid?”

He stared down at her in shock “You did this the other day?”

Biting her lip, she nodded hesitantly

“God da?”

“Well, obviously I wasn’t thinking that if it was s it would be hot”

“Thea,” he growled

“I’m not sure I knohat you wantI shouldn’t have, it burned me End of story”

“Not end of story End of story would have been you telling me you burned yourself as soon as I turned up”

“It was nothing”

He gently held up her hand “This is not nothing, Thea Let me see it”

“No,” she replied stubbornly

“Thea,” he growled “Let Me See It”