Anna glanced up as the nurse walked into her 'room' really it was just a sectioned off area like the other beds via a curtain. Gunner wanted to see her... Her heart half stuck in her throat, afraid he'd tell her he couldn't deal with what she'd done to him or forget her as a Strigoi, she made her way to his bed. However, when she entered the room and he threw his arms around her, her own tears started falling. "For a minute... for a minute you did...Gunner... I'm so sorry. I... I swear I never would have if I'd been... the horrible thing is I can't even say it wasn't me. It was... I WANTED to do it and when Sebastian brought me back and I... I tasted your blood in my mouth..." She shook all over, "I thought I'd killed you..."

She slid her arms around him and rested her head on his shoulder, Ms. Karp had healed the bite but she was still afraid to look... afraid she'd see a scar from what she'd done. "Anya... Anya is dead. I guess it's better this way... she'd have never survived being changed back. I see that now..." She shivered, "Sebastian almost killed himself bringing me back and then... then he pulled Serena back too. She's Shadow-Kissed..."

There was so much devastation and yet everyone was still alive... everyone except Anya. "I'm so sorry Gunner... I wish I could forget."

~*~

Ms. Karp had finally awakened, a nurse had come to get her because Serena was stirring and the girl would need to know what was going on with her. She sighed, slipped to her feet and wandered into Serena's room and took a seat next to her. It was likely that with Sebastian sedated she wouldn't feel anything from him yet, still the girl should be warned so that she could be prepared for what she'd be up against when he DID wake up.

She took a seat by Serena's bed as the girl's eyes slowly came open. "Welcome back... you're safe at Academy as is Sebastian, Anna, and Gunner... Everyone is alright." She took a breath and offered the girl the same tea that Anna had been drinking, it was good for clearing the mind and easing pain though she doubted the girl was in any. Between her healing and what the infirmary had done thus far she should be fine... shaken but fine. "You should drink this... I have some things that will be hard to hear..."

She hesitated then went on, "You died Serena, Anya killed you... Sebastian brought you back with what little strength he had left in him, it nearly killed him. You are Shadow-Kissed now... When Sebastian wakes you will feel what he feels and I won't lie to you, when he wakes he will be... unstable. He used too much, it is possible he might never be the same but maybe with your help you can pull him back from the edge a little at a time... If you decide this isn't what you want we can safely stop your heart and start it again but there is always the risk you won't come back... if you do though, you will be free of your bond. It is your choice."