Chapter 18By the time I had painkillers in my system I started to feel like I wasn’t on the brink of death anymore. My eye was still swollen and the lopsided vision annoyed me, but my head didn’t throb so much and the hopeless pool of despair I’d been set on drowning myself in had somehow drained.
It still hurt to move, something horrible ached in my ribs, almost like they were broken, but I knew out of experience that that was much worse.
When Sensei was done with me, he offered me coffee.
I hadn’t had something as simple as coffee in a while, and when he handed me the cup the warmth travelled into my hands and up my arms. It was nice. When last had I focused on something that was just nice?
“What do I do now?” I asked.
I knew I wanted to go get Aspen. I could tell she was still a
