A Place to Fall

Declan

My eyes went wide at her reflection in the mirror.

The blood was still dripping from her lip and it looked like instead of cleaning it she'd made it worse — kept biting down on the same spot over and over.

I turned her gently toward me, hands on her shoulders.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." She managed it through her teeth. "I'm fine."

"What do you mean you're fine?" I looked at her lip. "You'