HIS MINI BEAR
Like a bird’s heartbeat—frantic, unsteady, on the verge of collapse.
Her wrist was ice-cold.
The shivering started in her hands first, a soft, uneven tremor.
Then, it spread.
Up her arms. Into her shoulders.
Her entire body started shaking.
Uncontrolled. Violent.
Her breath hitched, strangled and uneven, like she was trying to force air through lungs that refused to expand.
Her lips parted slightly, but no words came out.
I covered her eyes.
Blocked out the world.
Blocked out whatever was eating her alive.
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