Madness and an offer[Aiden Blackwell]

[Artemis Bane]

Enough was enough. Artemis had met with her father a few days ago and she had told him how she was feeling about the whole ordeal. How she was feeling about the job she was doing, how it was draining her little by little. There was no love for the job anymore, no way to escape the nightmares that haunted her every time she closed her eyes. The things she had seen, the things she had done. She was over it all. She wanted something more out of life, and after her conversation with Aiden, he made it seem like she still had time. But the meeting with her father didn't go as she had hoped. He was only proud of her because of what she did, because it was following in his footsteps, and he called her a coward. A hopeless cause that he would no longer support in anything she did. She left their manor with the injuries to remind her what a horrible daughter she was.

Artemis found herself in front of the clinic that Aiden had opened. Her face was hidden by a burgundy hood, it also hid the bruises and the tears that smattered her face. She took in a deep breath and tried to force herself to find the courage to open the damn door. Her mind cursed her for being so damn scared to walk through a door, but it was first time in her life she was seeking out help. Help from someone she barely knew, but someone she felt she could trust. Trust didn't come easy for the woman, but he had made it seem like he wasn't going to end her or make things difficult for her either.

A shaky hand reached out for the door hand and she pulled the door open. There was a woman at the front desk, and Artemis almost turned around and ran back out the door. She stopped and took a breath before walking to the desk. "Aiden...Is he around?" her words came out softly. Her voice cracked a bi,t and her stance showed she was a shadow of the woman she used to be.