ELLIE
Should I just go?
It's one thing for Adrian to refuse to let me work here. It's another to be thrown out of a room I came to help in.
Maybe I could help in some other way. I turn for the door.
I spin around, and my stomach drops. A girl on the second mat coughs violently, blood pouring over her chin faster than she can wipe it away.
I immediately rush towards her, going down onto my knees.
Her eyes drag open and find me. I watch the fear come up through the fog and take her over completely.
"No." It comes out as barely anything, all breath. Her hand comes up off the mat and pushes at my forearm. "No, get away from me, don't, don't touch me, somebody, please, don't let her."
Her chest hitches, and the rest of it drowns.
"You're going on your side," I tell her.
Her fingers c
