smiled, but it fell away. “Darcy…you have Harpy blood in you. Our mother was fiercely protective by nature, as am I. And from what I know of Hydras, they weren’t exactly laid back in that department either. You need to embrace that part of you. Your mind is trying to warn you about what you desperately fear might come to pass. Of Lance being captured and tortured again, of your loved ones being killed. It’s telling you, at its core, that you must protect them. And if you decide that that is your duty and step into that role as fully as you possibly can, I believe the nightmares will fade. It
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