Anaya was truly torn.  And, in a way, that hesitation clearly displayed the primary difference between her and the other girls.  Anaya had her faults, and they were many; she also had a volatile temper that had exploded with deadly force a time or two in her life.  But SINCE then... things had changed quite significantly in ways that were not readily apparent even to herself.  The girls she was with - generally, they acted first, then thought later, or in some cases, didn't think about it at all, now or later.  This time was no exception.  While Anaya hesitated to strike a little girl, however maddened and sick, the others did not.  A heavy blow from the same log Anaya had used in the cabin slams into the side of the girl's skull.  It knocks her completely off of Shawn and leaves her twitching on the ground a very obvious concave in her skull.  (I don't want to say she's dead necessarily since Claire is really your character) Anaya jumped at the hard thunk of the weapon and stares at the twitching girl.  Her eyes snap upward to see which of the girls had delivered the blow and sees Luce, the weakest among them, the one that Anaya had nearly carried into the cabin.  Luce is breathing heavily and her eyes look almost frenzied, but there is no mist-induced madness in them, only fear.  In this case, fear had proven a madness of its own.<br/><br/>Forcing herself to motion after the temporary paralysis of shock, Anaya steps between Luce and Shawn uncertain if Shawn would attempt to attack Luce or not.  It would likely have been what she would've done if someone had attacked her sister.  If he did, Luce would defend herself, and they had more than enough to deal with as things were.