"Annie, please-" Killian started to stand, but Annie was backing away now, her voice reaching a volume that made him wince.
"You want me to be weak again!" she shouted. "You want me to be the girl who needed saving! Who cried and screamed your name helplessly being chased down by Adam! But I can't be her anymore! Don't you understand? That girl gets people killed!"
"Stop shouting," Killian said, his voice still calm but with an edge of command now. "Annie, I haven't raised my voice at you. Don't raise yours at me. We're not the only ones who live in this house, and you're going to wake-"
"I don't care!" Annie's voice went even louder, almost hysterical. "I don't care who hears! I don't care about-"
"Sit your ass down!" He fired back at her in a way she was not expecting. "Sit
