Blood and Inheritance
It made no sense.
Halfway through the night, Serena stormed back in. The motorcycle tore across the courtyard like a wild beast, crashing the gates open with a deafening bang. Lila jolted upright in terror.
I rushed to pat her back, murmuring to soothe her.
She was hypersensitive to sound, I realized, and the pieces clicked uneasily in my mind.
I searched online. Patients with anxiety disorders often reacted just like this—startled by noise, easily frightened, and haunted by memories.