Bearclaw Valley one voice tells me that they laugh

she wondered what he would say, what he would think.

she wondered if anyone would ever want to be near her again if she said it. cole was a guard, he might understand. yet still it was only a might. which was enough to have her teeter between telling him and sealing up.

i haven't told anyone — a secret might have been the word she was looking for. instead her mind was grasping for any way to cope with this thing.

say it begged her heart. how asked her mind.

i did...something.

a start.