❝ it’s GOOD to see you AWAKE. ❞ he curled his fingers around her COLD hand, trying to hide how FRIGHTENED he’d been for the last THREE days, when all his SISTER had been able to do was groan and toss and sleep and sweat and shiver. ❝ your FEVER broke last night. ❞ he’d just returned from MADAME’S summoned presence — maybe his overgrown hair and the ever-present SOOT and DIRT could hide the BRUISE — when he found ella still and PEACEFUL and finally cool to the touch. he eased the ladle of WATER towards her mouth, CRADLING her head GENTLY in his other hand. ❝ drink this, alright? ❞
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