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Alex merely rested, his body occasionally twitching. When Christine arrived, she would find Clay serving their mother a cup of tea in an otherwise dark room, where only two candles rested on the walls, dimly lit. She rested in the bed while the buff figure walked out.

"Christine, darling" she merely said in-between a sip. "I take it the night was a failure for you as well?"