The smell of leaves

"We're going to die, and it's because of you!" Tabitha wailed, lifting her legs off the bed to check on Silas, whom she believed was dying.

Despite feeling weak from hunger, Tabitha suddenly found the strength to exert herself and get out of bed because of the unfolding situation.

"Look at what you caused. You're dying, and I'm going to die too because you forced me to drink the water. I knew something like this was going to happen, all because of you!" Tabitha hit Silas's shoulder with her hand after kneeling beside him, though deep down, she knew Silas hadn't forced her to drink the water.

Tabitha’s mind was filled with various thoughts, driven by her increasing fear of realizing she had been poisoned by the water in Silas’s room.

Amidst her concerns, she didn’t pause to ponder why someone like Silas would have poisoned water in his room in the first place or why he would want to poison her while still drinking from it.