"You have to talk to her, Severus." Ayesha hissed. She had told Severus what had happened once she had tended to the cuts on Audrey's arms and had given her a sleeping potion mixed with a calming potion.
"What am I supposed to say?" he snarled under his breathe as he watched his daughter sleep on the black leather couch, white bandages covering her arms.
"Just talk to her. Ask her why, understand and listen to her. Most importantly, don't shout at her." Ayesha suggested as Audrey began to wake up.
"Fine…" Severus muttered. Ayesha gave him a reassuring pat on the back before leaving the chambers just as Audrey's eyes fluttered open.
"How are you feeling?" Severus gently asked her as he headed towards her, sitting down beside his daughter.
"Fine." Audrey replied, all emotion gone from her voice as she stared at her hands, unable to look her father in the eye.
"Why?" he finally asked after a moment of awkward silence. Audrey simply shrugged in reply causing him to sigh deeply.
"Please Audrey, you have to talk to me." He pleaded as he wrapped his arms around her slender frame. She melted into his embrace but said nothing. Severus decided to wait for her to talk, simply holding her in his arms.
"I hate it, all of it. I hate being special, I hate having extra powers, I hate not being able to be myself, I hate him for touching me, I hate all the memories. But most of all… I hate myself for not stopping him." She paused before facing Severus, tears brimming her eyes. "I could have saved her, dad. I could have protected her. But I didn't, I just ran. She tried to save me and I simply stood back and let him kill her. I deserved what he did to me, father. I should have died instead of her…" She whispered, bringing tears to Severus' eyes, but he would not allow himself to cry.
"It wasn't your fault, Audrey. You have to understand, that your mother died to save you. She wouldn't have wanted you to be living this way."
"How would you know! You left us!" Audrey screamed, anger now coursing through her veins as she pulled away from him and stood up.
"I was only trying to protect you and your mother!" he roared as he got to his feet as well, towering over Audrey's petite frame.
"Then why is she dead, father?! Why is she lying six feet under the ground! Why am I standing here without her!"
"I tried my best to protect the both of you from Voldemort! I did everything I could!"
"I hate you…" she hissed before turning her back on him and storming out of the room. Severus fell back onto the couch and buried his face in his hands her words echoing through his head. 'She hates me…'