...,the dark thoughts that plagued him were quieter.

She was compassionate with her patients, even in the face of overwhelming stress and even insults from her patients. When desert lions attacked and injured several people, she stayed calm throughout the whole thing, there was blood everywhere, but still, she continued working, even when her shop was packed with several screaming patients.

There was just something about how calm she was, it was almost infectious and when he was around her, sometimes, the dark thoughts that plagued him were quieter. He could finally see what his brother saw in her and he fell in love with her a little bit. Even if he didn’t need her for his plan to succeed, there was still something about her that made her like a drug to him; addictive.