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At first, she didn’t move, didn’t make a sound Her body was perfectly still

She’d had a panic attack One that had nearly stopped her fro

“Hello, Sian,” I said

Slowly, she sat up in bed Her hair was all over the place as she ran a hand over her face, trying to clear the fog “Hey,” she said “What’s going on?”

“Do you have any recollection of what you tried to do this ?” I asked

She didn’t try to deny it “You already know, so why ask?”

“Do you want to talk about it?”

“No” She threw the covers off her body and turned away from me

“You’re sure?”

“Fuck off, Gideon What do you want me to say? I nearly tried to kill Chloe today but your dads stopped me They have soirl?”

“They didn’t give a shit about Chloe, Sian They stopped you for you”

She snorted “Please, they probably stopped me for themselves and because they have been told by their precious Society” She h-pitched, and I couldn’t help but smile

She got to her feet and then sat back down

Getting out ofmy hand

She looked at it as if I was some kind of snake

“I’ure if I help you up, we can get you to the shower or a bath You stink”

“Where is everyone?” she asked

“Sleeping, resting Trying to ”

She nodded

I still held my hand out for her to take I expected her to deny it, but then she put hers within mine and I smiled I just couldn’t help myself

Helping her to her feet, I wrapped an arh to the bathroom

I wasn’t lying to her She did stink, and with the day she had, I had a feeling she needed to rinse it all off, even if it didn’t feel like it now