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Rider hadn't heard Lyall arriving upstairs because she was toppling the bookcase, spilling the contents over the floor. All of a sudden, Lyall was grabbing her. "Let me go!" she screamed, tears streaming down her face. When Lyall let her go, but held onto her upper arms. She pulled away from him and knocked the television over. "I can't take it anymore! I can't! I can't!" Rider collapsed to the floor and curled into a ball, crying uncontrollably. Her mental limit had been reached and she had fully broken. The constant dreams of suicide and her behaviors had pushed her long past her limit.

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When Lyall hugged her, Rider tried to shove him off her, but her arms had gotten weak from destroying the house. She was crying harder now and attempted once again to push Lyall off her. "Leave me alone!" she cried, before collapsing against Lyall. She cried onto his shoulder, clutching tightly to him. Her sobs rocked her body, making her frail frame shake. "I want to die! I can't do this anymore! I want to die!" She beat her arms against Lyall's chest, though the hits were basically taps from the severely weakened girl.

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Rider continued crying, though her sobbing was slowing down a little. The girl wiped her eyes on Lyall's sleeve and sniffled, then said, "I've been dreaming about dying or killing myself. It's the only thing I've been dreaming about lately. Ly... I can't do this anymore. I can't stay here anymore. I just... I want to die." She sniffled and laid against him, too tired and weak to do anything else. She was shaking pretty badly, more from weakness than the sobbing. Her sunken eyes were puffy and red from crying and she was staring at the floor, too ashamed to look up at anyone.

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Weak from exhaustion and illness, Rider's sobs slowed down as Lyall gently rocked her. She didn't want to leave Lyall or Claire or Vonnie. But she just couldn't... this feeling of hollowness in her heart couldn't go on. She couldn't go on. Everywhere there were reminders that she'd survived. She'd lived thanks to magic, and her parents died. Lyall's gentle rocking soon took its toll and the weary, beaten girl finally fell asleep. Her thin, gaunt frame laid against him, a sickly visage of her former self.

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It had been almost a week since she'd seen Lyall. She'd told him that she wanted to kill herself and apparently, that had been the wrong thing to say. In the following week, Vonnie had had to miss work because she'd had to babysit Rider. Her aunt had been forced to hide every knife in the house, take away Rider's wand and spend every night with Rider. Thankfully, Rider had given up trying after the third day and Vonnie was able to rest a little. When there was a knock on the door, the tired woman answered it. She nodded to Lyall and led him up to Rider's room. The emaciated girl was laying on her bed curled into a ball. There was a blank look on her face and her eyes were staring straight ahead, off into space. When Lyall was led to her room, she turned to look at him and silent tears began to emerge from her eyes.

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"Ly..." Rider said weakly, her voice hoarse and weak. He was here... he hadn't given up on her. The boy came and sat next to her, stroking her cheek. She was cold, despite being wrapped in her blanket. When he sat her up, she was too weak to resist so instead, she flopped against him. He said he had a surprise for her and that she needed to get dressed. She blinked at him and nodded, then moved to stand up. Though she was able to, she was very shaky as she changed into regular clothing. Her clothing hung loosely from her thin frame, indicative of the huge amount of weight she'd lost in her depression. Turning, she nodded to Lyall. "Okay, I'm ready," she said, her voice barely a whisper.

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