Soon they reached the river, a little ways downstream from where they had bathed earlier in the day. Owen wasn’t sure how far they walked alongside it before Cam started wheezing and they decided to stop for the night. They set Cam down and Diana sat beside him.
“I think there’s something I can do to help,” Diana said softly. She hadn’t spoken a word to Cam since his outburst, but he nodded slowly, eyes shining with pain. She took a deep breath and placed her hands on the inflamed skin of Cam’s thigh. Owen had to look away again and busied himself with helping Margot build them a shelter from fallen sticks. Diana concentrated hard on the skin beneath her fingertips, ignoring the way Cam tried to pull away. She focused on the heat she could feel in the damaged limb and tried to draw it ou
