"Are you okay Debora?" Cornelia asked as soon as they entered their room. Debora's posture immediately slouched and she sat on the bed. Cornelia sat next to her.
"I don't know." Debora confessed, "I try to, I really try to not let them get to me. But it doesn't work all that well all the time. Sometimes I just want to run away and never come back but I can't. They won't let me.."
Cornelia pulled her into a comforting hug. Felix and Aetius stood at a distance to give the girls some space. They both felt the discomfort of their mates. They were both helpless.
"Debora, you are stronger than this." Aetius encouraged, "Remember that we have been through times difficult than this. No one is trying to kill you or anyone of us like last time. That positive right?"
Cornelia snapped her head
