And just like that, it felt like her heart had dropped down into her feet. Her expression hardened a little, even as the tears still continued to roll down her face. Slowly, she let her hands drop from his face before she turned away from him.
It was a difficult thing to do, but she shifted silently and without looking at him until she was lying down against the pillows, her back to him. She wasn't even tired, not after the whole trip through hell via dreamland, but she didn't want to talk about it anymore. She didn't want to talk at all. She just wanted to be left alone.