Scarlet hadn’t been asleep long. She was enjoying the little peace and rest she had when she was woken up by the knots in her back. They felt like cramps but they didn’t envelope her whole abdomen, just her back.
She lay flat on her back trying to ease the discomfort she felt, but it didn’t work. She turned to her right side than her left but went back to lying on her back because she couldn’t sleep on her stomach. She thought of getting up and stretching but her whole body felt weak all of a sudden. She felt drained like the strength was just tapping out of her.
Scarlet pushed herself up into a sitting position and when she did the flood gates opened. She stared down as a red pattern formed on her white linen. Sitting in a pool of her blood she was speechless and numb, she couldn’t move
