Chapter 45

• Closing my eyes, I thought maybe if I could just rest for a minute all of this would make sense. I could feel someone holding my chin but ignored that and left it to them to look out for me in this silent moment. My side still hurt and I wondered why in all of this I could feel that and nothing else. A warm stinging feeling moved along it and I could only surmise it was meant to feel that way.
• “Stay with me, kitten, I need you to swallow.”
• Lifting my eye lids took a lot of concentration, but I managed to open them enough to see Chase’s concerned face near my own. I wanted to thank him for picking me up out of the dirt, but when I tried all I could do again was lick my lips and gasp to breathe.