Chapter 19 Maria Falls Ill

• MARIA
• Shivers racked her body and she curved more on the cot, folding into herself as if it could provide more warmth to her icy cold body.
• She had her hands wrapped around herself as she shook, her teeth gnashing against each other. Tremors racked her frame and as the next wave hit her, she held stiff, hoping that it would fend off the shaking, but all it did was worsen and when the next wave hit her, she whimpered.