Chapter Fifteen
Sayen fixed two sleeping bags together and slept next to Erielle that night to share her body warmth with the injured woman. She couldn’t stop worrying about her. Though her old doctor friend had saved her life, she was still far from better and not in any fit state to be traveling for hours in a truck.
Erielle never mentioned it, but the underworlder was clearly in a lot of pain. Ozment had supplied her with kratom pellets that kept her in a sedated haze most of the time, but she was often pale and sweaty before it was safe for her to take another dose. Erielle had feeling in her legs but it was impossible for her to move them. When they were accidentally moved or even touched by others, she would cry out. Apart from requests for water and help with other basic needs, sh
