Maisie
Quinlan shifted, his blue eyes soft. "Maisie, you're still healing from what happened. In time--"
"There is no 'in time'!" I cut him off, my voice trembling violently as I looked at each of them. "I know the medical reports have come back. You've looked through it, and I'm sure the doctors have told you the exact same thing they told me. The fall off the cliff... the ash..."
They expressions locked hard like they were recalling the footage Gruer had presented to court today.
"The ash spread through my entire body while every bone in my torso was shattered," I sobbed, wiping aggressively at my cheeks. "It forced my organs to heal around poison. It sterilized me. There is no hope. There are no babies. Not now, not ever. I am broken. I can't give you a future. I can't give you anything that someone else couldn't give you!"
The silence that followed was agonizing.
