valerie anna . climbing the stairway (24k) wrote in musingslogs,
Valerie didn't want to see anyone, and she certainly didn't want to talk to anyone. She was well aware she looked a fright, but it was more than that; the vulnerability was no more pleasant than the fever, and she was having difficulty with coherent thoughts if she so much as sat up quickly.
Yet Valerie knew what would improve her condition, and she didn't want anyone else to know. It was important, as important as her next breath, that no one know exactly what the addiction was or why it worked. Not even Orin, damn his arrogance. She needed someone to do her an unwitting favor.