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They eased her back down onto the bed, and the nurse wiped her face with a cold cloth before letting her sip some more water This time, it tasted of vomit

“I don’t want to file a report,” Rachel said when she’d had enough to drink “Tell the police to go away”

She stared at the spot It was definitely getting bigger Darker Blacker

“Okay,” the doctor said slowly “We’ll let you rest, and we’ll talk about this again in a little while You e your mind”

The nurse and doctor spoke to each other, but Rachel wasn’t listening There would be no changing her mind The note on one of the photos hadused to spike her drink had come from her family’s pharmaceutical co part in her attack

It was just the kind of scandal the newspapers loved The coh the mud People would question what kind of security was in place at TayFor that allowed drugs to be stolen from the research labs and used in this way It would never end Not until all the good her family had achieved was traone No, she couldn’t tell anyone about the attack

Even if itshe’d ever wanted

“If you need anything, just buzz,” the nurse told her “I’ll be right here But please, honey, think about talking to the police Nobody should get ahat happened to you”

Rachel didn’t reply She just stared up at the hts dimmed and the door closed softly All that was left to keep her cose

And while Rachel stared at it, she fought through the haze clouding her brain, atte to do with her life now She was due back in Glasgow soon, to begin her final year at university She’d always planned to return to her faraduated HerCEO from the moment she’d realized what those letters meant

That wouldn’t happen now

But there was soraenius, poised to start his own coo about it She would help hi away froer felt her future lay with TayFor Pharmaceuticals

And that was the truth

Because the me

ssage spread across the photos of her rape had stated that if she were to return to the coht of her life would be made public The press would receive copies of the photos, along with proof that the drug used to spike her drink came from her family’s very own labs

It would ruin them

It would ruin her

The inky darkness that had started as a h to fill the roo in her DNA Changing her forever as it made itself at home deep within her

And as she fell asleep, she thought it only right The darkness could live in the place that once held hope The place that was now empty