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Couldn’t they just believe she was fine? It’s not like no one had tried to kill her before.
They were still there after she’d showered and dressed. If it had just been Hamal, she’d have ignored him, but she wasn’t willing to push Sabik the same way.
They were seated in the living area outside her room. Coffee and some delicious smelling plate of food waited for her. A thin smile broke through the stone facade of her face when her stomach rumbled loud enough for the room to hear. The expression morphed to a cackling laugh, and she was sure she’d convinced them she was mad.
With iron-will, she locked down her outburst, locked down the voice that raged in her head, and the violence she wished on the world.
“Dee?”
She stood inside the door. Time had passed while she’d stared at nothi
