Helena felt all the blood drain from her face. She still felt weak and couldn’t understand how John, after all that time in a coma, could simply walk with steady steps into the great hall, let alone how he managed to hit James so hard. She felt her legs wobble and leaned against the bed behind her. James, who had been watching her, quickly approached to support her, but she sat on the bed and raised a hand to him, breathing heavily. She desperately wanted to go after John.

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