Not being able to stand the shivering of my body anymore, I opened my eyes, struggling to get them to adjust to the darkness around me as I sat up. I took in my surroundings, and for a moment I didn’t understand why I was here again—back in the cave. But then I remembered everything that had happened in the last day and I felt my heart sink to the pits of my stomach, feeling like a deadweight.
My muscles tensed as I raised my hands above my head and a rather painful, stabbing-pain erupted in my lower back, shooting up and settling in between my shoulders until I relaxed my body. I let out a soft groan and turned onto my side, wishing for nothing more than to be able to go to sleep—which I knew wasn’t going to happen.
If I had to compare the sleepless night that I had had last night to
