8 PRIA
My mind was swirling with unasked questions and impatience. Silus had been gone for maybe half an hour. How long until he returned?
Hearing about the other two human women had made me decide to stay with him for a while longer. I had to meet them. Maybe we’d find a way home together. Silus was my link to them, whether I could trust him or not. Once he got back, I’d ask him more about the women.
Knowing that one of them had survived staying on this planet was reassuring. If she’d done it, so could I. My feet and legs already felt a lot better. I’d slept through the night despite my injuries, and despite being in a hollow tree with a stranger. The drugs he’d given me must have helped with that. I remembered the blissful feeling of floating on clouds. I wanted to feel that peace aga
