Iestyn got up from the bed and found a cloth in the en suite, then came over to Addy to bathe her hands gently, silent tears falling down his own face too. He had thought he was ready to deal with the reality of this, but he was not, at all.
"I love you," he whispered, and closed his eyes, sending out a fervetnt prayer for the first time since his mother died. Da- please, we've been taken- can you hear me? We need help.