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Helen felt like she had been sitting on the floor in the shower for hours, her hands were wrinkly and the water couldn't warm her battered body anymore.

Her skin was a puffy red allover and it slightly hurt, because she had scrubbed and scrubbed until there wasn't a trace of Adam left anymore.

It felt like his hands were still all over her and she couldn't get him off of her, god she knows she tried, it felt like he'd crawled underneath her skin, and it made her crazy with anger and fear.

Realizing she wasn't getting any cleaner then she already was, she slowly and painfully got out of the shower and reached for a large towel hanging nearby.

As she took the towel off the rack, she accidentally let her eyes fall onto the mirror in front of her, she gasped with horror, seeing her body so damaged for the first time.

It made her sick to her stomach so she quickly looked away, blinking the fresh tears away.

After she had dried off she slipped into something thick and comfortable, her body still being awfully cold with what she guessed was shock.

While entering her bedroom she let her eyes roam over her large and comfortable bed, suddenly a few flashbacks hit her as she was taken back to the bedroom in Adam's world. She saw those awful images unfold in front of her as she looked at her bed. Refusing to think about it she shook her head trying to loose the memories. When the images in front of her disappeared she let out a loud sigh and walked towards her bed.

She knew she should try to get some sleep, trying to get some of her strength back and she was so god awful tired, but truth be told, she was scared to go to sleep, afraid of the nightmares that would await her once she dozed off.

She sat on her bed and pulled back the thick covers, still hesitating if she should lie down or not, she let out another heavy sigh and climbed underneath the covers.

Fortunately the comfortable covers provided her with some of the well needed warmth she badly wanted.

She was sitting up, with her back against a large pile of pillows, not really feeling the need to actually lie down.

It was then she heard a soft knock at her door, "Come in" she answered.

The door hesitantly opened and Nikola slowly took a step inside, it actually was just one step, afraid to go any further, not knowing what to do around her anymore.

He looked at her and said "Please don't hit me, I came here to apologize".

He couldn't help but give her a little Tesla smile.

Helen sighed, feeling awful about what she did to him, the poor guy not even knowing what he did wrong came to apologize.

Helen tapped her hand on an empty space of blanket beside her, gesturing him to sit with her.

He hesitated for a second but then went to sit with her.

It was Helen who started the conversation, "I'm sorry for hitting you". Nikola just nodded.

"I just…" Helen started but then stopped and looked down at her hands.

"What happened in there?" Nikola suddenly asked.

He searched for her eyes but she kept her gaze focused on her hands, who were nervously fidgeting with her sheet.

Helen sighed but remained silent.

"What was so awful that you can't even tell me?". "I'm one of your oldest friends" Nikola continued still not understanding the whole situation.

"I can't" Helen softly said while slowly lifting her gaze to his.

Nikola saw there were tears forming in her eyes, and he never saw Helen so broken, so fragile before, it scared him.

"You can trust me" he softly whispered while gazing into her still beautiful blue eyes.

"I'm sorry Nikola, but I can't" she answered him as equally soft.

Nikola sighed realizing she wasn't going to give him the answers he so desperately searched for.

"Ok" he said to her with a warm smile on his face, "Why don't you try to get some sleep now?".

He got up, his eyes never leaving hers, reached for her hand and gave it warm, soft kiss.

Helen gave him a small smile in return and watched Nikola leave the room, when she heard the door close she closed her eyes and slowly drifted away into a well needed sleep.

Nikola found Will in his office, and as he entered he closed the door behind him.

Will looked up to see a slightly frustrated vampire standing before his desk.

"Yes?" Will started.

"I need to know what happened to her William" Nikola answered him.

Will sighed and got up from his desk and walked towards the window sill.

He looked at the night sky for a second then turned around and faced Nikola.

"It's not my place" Will simply answered him.

"You don't understand young William!" the vampire loudly said.

"The woman I love is lying upstairs in her bed completely broken and I have no idea what happened or what I can do to help her".

Will could see Nikola was heartbroken about it, he knew how much Nikola loved Helen, he never made any secret of it.

"Did she say anything when you were with her just now?" Will asked.

Nikola broke the gaze and looked away, "No" he said with a sigh.

"Exactly" Will continued. "If she wanted you to know she would've told you".

"Maybe she does want me to know, but it's just too hard for her to talk about it right now" Nikola started guessing.

"Then wouldn't it be better if you told me instead?" the vampire continued.

"Tesla please" Will sighed. "The last thing I want right now is to upset her even more" Will said trying desperately for Nikola to understand.

"Why on earth she told you I'll never get" Nikola suddenly said after a moment of silence.

Will looked at Nikola visibly annoyed "Really Tesla?, you really wanna go that way?".

Nikola sighed realizing that it was indeed a rotten thing to say.

"I'm sorry" Nikola said.

Will took a deep breath before he continued "She didn't exactly choose to tell me anything".

"It happened, and now that I do know, I still don't know anything I can do to help her" Will sadly said.

"If possible, it makes me feel even more useless", he continued while walking across the office frustrated.

"William please…". "I've known her for so long, so much longer than you have, I know her, let me help".

Will started hesitating, Nikola was right, they knew each other for many years, there were probably so many things that the vampire knew about her that no one else would ever know.

There was a moment of silence when Will was in thought and Nikola noticed the hesitation in his look.

Will then sighed and walked towards the window sill again.

With his back turned to Nikola, he let his eyes wonder across Old city by night, a view that would never cease to amaze him.

"Adam raped her" Will finally said in barely a whisper.

But it was enough, Nikola heard the grotesque words.

Then again there was silence, neither of them spoke or moved for what seemed like forever.

After what was really a minute of silence Will turned around to face the vampire, only to notice that the room was empty.

"Tesla?" Will asked to make sure he wasn't there.

No response came and Will was suddenly worried for the vampire.

He wondered what Nikola was gonna do with the disturbing information he had just received. Knowing that searching for him would be useless, he decided to check up on Magnus.

As he walked up the stairs he suddenly heard a terrible gut wrenching scream.

He immediately knew it came from Helen and ran towards her room.

He burst through the door and ran to her bedside.

She was still asleep but was obviously having terrible nightmares, she was thrashing around in bed, her sheets a mess.

She was covered in sweat and her long brown hair stuck to her face as she breathed heavily.

"No!". "Stop" Helen yelled.

Will reached out for her flailing arms and tried to shake her awake softly.

"Magnus, wake up" he said to her.

He repeated this a second time before she finally opened her eyes.

"Oh god" she breathed heavily realizing she just had a nightmare.

Will put his arms around her and held her tight, Helen felt save in his embrace, so she was able to get her breathing steady again.

When she had calmed down she looked at his worried face.

"You okay?" he softly asked.

"I'm fine" she answered him back. He put her head against his shoulder and continued to hold her for a few minutes.

After a little while in silence, Will suddenly broke off the embrace and searched for her eyes.

"Magnus…" He started hesitantly.

"You told Nikola, didn't you?" Helen finished.

Will sighed "Yeah".

Helen also sighed but she wasn't mad at Will or anything like that, she was going to have to tell Nikola something soon anyway.

She looked at her young protegee,"It's okay Will" she calmly said to him.

"Just leave it at that, nobody else needs to know" she firmly said. Will just nodded.

"Where is he now?" she continued.

"I uh, I don't know" he answered stammering.

"After I told him he left". "I don't know where, he didn't say a word, he just left".

Helen realized that Nikola would deal with the unsettling information in his own way.

"You should check the wine cellar" she softly said.

Will chuckled, "Ofcourse, why didn't I think of that?"

Will then shifted position and sat across from her, searching her eyes.

"Tesla is the least of my concerns right now" he said putting his hands over hers.

Helen looked at their hands touching while Will continued, " Magnus, I want you to know that you can talk to me okay?". "I will do whatever I can to get you through this".

Helen then looked at him, "There is nothing more to talk about Will, I will deal with this in my own way, and get on with my life''.

After she finished her sentence she removed her hands from underneath his and scooted back against the pillows to create some distance between them.

Will noticed the distancing but he felt it was important for her to deal with this by talking about it, so he pressed the matter.

"Magnus please, let me help you." "You can't pretend nothing ever happened, and I...".

"Will please!" she interrupted him, "Stop playing the psychiatrist". She sounded annoyed now.

Will sighed realizing Helen would not be playing the 'victim' role anytime soon.

"I just want to help you" he softly said.

"You can help me by leaving it be" Helen softly said in return.

"Will I appreciate your concern, I do, but I can handle this."

Will looked into her deep blue eyes and she gave him a small smile and a little squeeze in his hand.

Will nodded, deciding not to press the matter any further tonight.

"Now if you don't mind, I would like to try and get some sleep" she gently said.

"Yeah ofcourse" he answered while standing up.

He looked at her getting comfortable under her covers and walked towards the door.

Before exiting her room he glanced at her a last time, her eyes were closed and she drifted off almost immediately.

He then turned and left the room.