Emily Prentiss walks through the BAU, or saunters, as Morgan says.
Her eyes have lost their mischievous sparkle, her pale face troubled.
No one knew what she was hiding, and she felt like she was hiding it pretty darn well.
She goes to her desk and starts shuffling through paperwork, her head ducked dutifully towards the desk.
Her hair hangs in front of her face, acting as a veil against the bruise she dons on her right cheek.
Raiden got a little physical with her last night. A little. He beat her until she was almost unconscious.
She shakes the memory out of her mind and inadvertently brushes her hair back.
Just at the same time, JJ looks up from her phone. She gasps quietly and rushes over to Emily.
"Em, what happened?" She asks, her voice thick with concern.
Emily looks up, completely confused. "What do you mean?" She asks.
JJ gives her a near sarcastic look. "You cheek, sweetheart." She says in a motherly tone.
Emily bites her lip. He was discovered. It had been made clear, that if a soul knew about it he would ruin her life...As if he already hadn't.
"It's nothing." She says, brushing off the fact that she had just lied to her best friend.
He hit her. He hit her and there is nothing on this earth she can do about it.
She was broken because of him. Her strength was drained, her bravery gone, and her spirit was dead. She was dead inside. As shell of a human.
And she couldn't do anything about it.