ELIA
As soon as she closed the door on them she wished she hadn't. She knew she was venting her frustrations on Gahrye and Kalle and that wasn't fair. They were putting their own needs aside to help her at a time when they should have been reveling in each other. And it was her fault. She wasn't handling this well.
A shudder rocked through her and she felt her back ripple, felt the beast pushing through, wanting to take over, and she almost gave in. Almost.
She stood next to that door for the next several minutes, ignoring the whispered voices she could catch and focusing on white-knuckling her way through keeping the beast at bay.
When she finally felt herself enough to move, she was trembling from head to toe.
That had been close. She did need to rest. And be calm. And not think about things that made her feel bad, or angry, or scared.
