Caroline
I had never felt anything like this in my life. My eyes flew open as if I had not been sleeping at all, but had been plugged into a high voltage battery. There was no trace of exhaustion, no sign of the bone shattering pain from yesterday. Instead, every single cell in my body vibrated, and my hearing was so sharp that even the soft sound of snow sliding off the roof boomed in my ears.
Then the hunger hit.
Not the kind of feeling where you would like to eat something, but a wild, overwhelming demand that felt like it was punching a hole through my stomach. I felt like I could tear apart and eat a whole ox with my bare hands.
I did not hesitate. I jumped out of bed, the movement so light and fast it surprised even me, and barefoot, wearing only the thin cotton nightgown left on
