T.J. POV
Watching Jo-Jo wake up and then suddenly start tearing into her own back, screaming about getting her mark off of her back. Hurt him not just physically, because he could feel the injuries she was causing to herself, but also that the mark represented their connection to each other. Why would she wake up and scream for it to be removed?
He tried to calm her, like he’d always been able to do. To stop her from hurting herself, only to have her turn on him all claws out ripping at his mark on his arm, then screaming at him to get away from her, she meant it to, he could hear the pain in her voice.
This was the first time in his entire life that Jo-Jo had rejected him and his help. It hurt more than a little, was damned near unbearable. He didn’t understand it.
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