Maybe she would have handled it better if she hadn't had the kind of past few days she'd had. She might have handled it better if she wasn't sore as it was when Danny cradled her close and told her she didn't have to say anything she curled up into him, as close as she could possibly get. She was trying to make herself as small as possible and hide there where it was safe. For a minute she just sat there with her head on his chest, listening to his heart beat and feeling his chest rise and fall with his breath.

"I am. More than I ever thought I would be again," she said in a very quiet, hoarse voice.