Iris Harris lowered her head, silently looking at the toothbrush head, then turned on the tap to rinse the toothbrush.
She rinsed her mouth again, several times, until there was no blood taste left in her mouth.
After doing all this, she looked up at herself in the mirror.
The woman in the mirror was pale, her hair disheveled and hanging down her back, like a ghost.
She knew she was dying.
Brandan said, "Didn't you just come back fine and well?"
But he would never know how those people treated her.
She hadn't expected the shadow of death to come so quickly.
In just a few days, it had begun to show signs.
She initially planned to go abroad, dying alone somewhere else would be better than letting Lady Hyde know and be heartbroken.
But Brandan had found her and brought her back.
Her passport was taken away, River City was the Hyden's territory, and she had nowhere to go.
Iris lowered her eyes, gently took a breath, and wiped her face with a towel.
