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Emrys A hand hits me in the face and I wake with a start as the body next to me thrashes. I stroke her arm. ‘Clover,’ I whisper. But she keeps thrashing, lost in the nightmare. The sound of what sounds like her wrist breaking as she hits the bedside table whilst her arms flail. I straddle her body and pin her down but she knees me in the balls and as I automatically lean over she bites my cheek so hard that blood trickles down my face. ‘Clover.’ I scream but she can’t hear me. I shake her body to try and stop her and wake her but it’s like she’s in another world. Nothing is working. No amount of gentle touch or soft words are bringing her out of this. I do the only thing I can think to calm her down and kiss her. My hand comes up to her throat and I squeeze. She gasps for breath and I