Everything hurt.

That was my first coherent thought as consciousness slowly crept back into my mind. My head throbbed like someone had taken a sledgehammer to it, and my body felt like I'd been hit by a truck.

Or like I'd collapsed on the side of a road.

The memory came back in fragments—walking through unfamiliar streets, the cramping in my abdomen getting worse, my vision blurring at the edges. Then nothing.

I tried to open my eyes, but they felt impossibly heavy. The effort alone exhausted ...