@@@@@I took the compress from his head and
@@@@@I took
the compress from his head and refilled the melted iceI didn't meet the stares I could feel on my
skinI couldn't see anywayThe tears swam in front of my eyes
“Jamie, Jamie, Jamie,” I crooned
I couldn't seem to do anything but sob out his name and touch the packets of ice over and over,
waiting for the moment they would need changing
I heard them leave, a few at a timeI heard their voices, mostly angry, fade away down the
hallsI couldn't make sense of the words, though
Jamie, Jamie, Jamie…
“Jamie, Jamie, Jamie…”
Ian knelt beside me when the room was almost empty
“I know you wouldn't… but Wanda, they'll kill you if you try,” he whispered“After what
happened… in the hospitalThey're afraid you have good reason to destroy us Anyway, he'll
be all rightYou have to trust that
I turned my face from him, and he went away
“Sorry, kid,” Jeb mumbled when he leftI didn't hear him go, but I knew when he was goneThat seemed right to meHe
didn't love Jamie the way we did
Doc stayed, watching helplesslyI didn't look at him
The daylight faded slowly, turned orange and then grayThe ice melted and was goneJamie
started to burn alive under my ha