Chapter 71: Fear
The next few days were difficult for them. Johanna had regained her memories, and they had wrecked her. The first day she had allowed him to hold her while she cried. She barely ate unless he forced a cup of blood into her hands, and she wouldn't sleep unless he held her so close that she could barely breathe. Only then did she seem to feel any sort of peace.
The next day she was trying to conquer the world. She asked him to call his family so she could relay the information she had about Zachariah and his inner workings. Johanna never once brought up what happened to her while she had been held captive, but he knew she remembered. She'd closed her mind to him. He felt robbed of their connection, but Luke knew it wasn't for her benefit. It was for his. It was obvious in how she recounted her story, in the pauses, deep breaths, the small shudders and flinches she unconsciously made even while he stood behind her and held her.