27. Dead Inside
Helena had been addicted to the feeling killing gave her — the rush of power and being in control — and after she returned to Eden with Danny she felt empty, withdrawn and in pain. It was like she’d suddenly been made aware she was dead inside. Though he tried, Danny couldn’t reach the spark that had been there, only a month before. He wondered, for the briefest of moments, if it were possible for a person to undergo such a dramatic transformation in such a short time, and knew it was. After all, hadn’t he undergone a transformation of his own not long after he’d met Helena? What had Helena encountered to undergo such a change? She would not talk about it and he could not gain access to her memories, though he tried. She was blocking him out so effectively that nothing cou
