Chapter Twenty-Three
Ill
He couldn’t breathe.
Yulen sat up, gasping for air. His head felt like a massive weight on his shoulders. His body shivered, running hot one minute and cold the next. His throat was aflame, making swallowing nearly impossible. Yet, the worst wasn’t the way he felt physically. It was the fact that was one tent over, sharing it with . Without her comforting presence, this illness seemed to be sucking the life out of him.
He didn’t know he’d groaned until moved. “? You okay?”
Slowly, his joints aching, got to his feet and pulled on his coat. “I can’t sleep. I’m going over to Dr. Gus and see if he can’t give me something that’ll help.”
His second sat up. “I thought Dr. Gus already gave you some medicine.”
“He did, but it’s not working.”
coughed violently. W
