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It’s my body too, she snaps I live here too You seem to think that you own it, but it is my turn now You’ve already seen that I can do what I want

“If you can do what you want, why haven’t you done it all the time? Because you can’t Because you know that I can stop you”

I can feel her coiling and uncoiling with anger in myto think of a way around it

“Did you hear what I said?” I say “I’ to have us both locked away if you don’t help me save Storm”

What’s in it for me? she demands Why should I help you? What have you ever done for me?

Nothing And I can’t and won’t do anything for her But I cannot tell her that

Ti to think Someone rattles the bathroo on it

“Go away!” I shout

I need to think I need theo away

The thought that Storeant Lowry and completely unaware that an entire olf pack is headed his way has ain I should tell hi for him But if I do that, he will know that I was involved He will know that it was me

I pace frantically I can’t call Storm I can’t tell him it was me Because then I’ll lose hi to explain to him that there is a little voice into sound insane Why should he believe me? He’ll think I’m murderous and evil The kind ofAnd he ht Part of me is murderous and evil And I can’t even keep her under control

“What do you want?” I de me save Storm’s life?”

I want a share of the control of this body, she says

“Fine,” I grind out through gritted teeth She already has that I can’t stop her Clearly she can take over when I a, when I am weak She can take over without ree to that? “Fine,” I say again, feeling defeated as I say it

An equal share