Chapter Nineteen
When I next opened my eyes, I was facing the peaked roof of a cloth tent. Where was I? How had I gotten here? I breathed deeply, surveying the pains in my body. Nearly every part of me ached, but especially my hips and my arms. Glancing down, I found my left arm was splinted with a tree branch and immobilized in a sling, and my right arm was heavily bandaged. Slowly, carefully, I sat up, putting as little pressure on my bandaged arm as possible.
Fighting off a wave of lightheadedness, I took in my surroundings. Four canvas walls, one of which was split in the middle to make a door that rippled in the soft breeze. A small fire burned not far away. Hesitantly, I swung my left leg off the pile of blankets that served as a bed and tried to stand. My right hip was bound tigh
