Zahra's POVA warm hand settles on my shoulder and I glance up to see Henry watching me, his expression softer than usual. “You, ok?” he asks quietly. “I’ve never heard you scream like that.”Great. So that was not just in my head.“Yeah… nightmare,” I mutter, throat still raw. I look over at the three of them and wince when I take in the damage again. Henry’s split lip is no longer bleeding, but its swelling still, the smear of dried blood at the corner. Montague’s eye, already darkening into an impressive bruise. Jameson’s forearms, faint red marks where I apparently took a swipe.“Was that me?” I ask, pointing at Montague’s eye.He just smiles. “Even semi-conscious you put up one hell of a fight, Private.”“Sorry,” I say, grimacing. “I don’t like being restrained, and I was still half in the nightmare.”“No harm done,” Jameson says briskly, brushing it off.Henry leans back against the end of the bed, folding his arms. “So then, Zahra, you’ve had a busy few days while I was recover
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