Chapter 10
Duchy of Aragoni
Marco
I BECAME AWARE of several dull pains in various parts of my body long before I became cognizant of my surroundings. Then there was the sensation of a bright light shining in my eye. I tried to close it, but I couldn’t do so because my eye was being held open. The light went away, and it finally dawned on me that I was lying on a gurney in the trauma center at the hospital; I tried to sit up, which was a big mistake, because the room began to spin and everything seemed to hurt.
“Looks like he’s coming around,” a voice said.
“Go get the security guy,” a second voice said.
“What happened?” I managed to say. It came out more like a croak.
“There was an explosion,” voice one said, “the security people will tell you about it.”
“Am I all right? Everything
