Chapter 40
Tessa was woken to the sound of a small engine being revved somewhere in the distance. An alien sound amongst the pre-dawn stirrings of sleepy birds and singing frogs. Was the night ever going to end? She had hardly slept and could feel herself weakening to the point where she couldn’t even find the energy to shiver. Or perhaps she hadn’t actually been sleeping at all, perhaps she’d merely been drifting in and out of consciousness. She needed food and water but couldn’t make herself keep anything down. The same questions burned constantly in her aching skull. The baby. How was he? When had she last felt him moving?
The timid glow of moonlight was still filtering through holes in the roof and the scent of rust and old wool filled the night air. She no longer felt cold and yet s
