The scent of herbs and disinfectant woke her.

A ceiling spun above her.

She was lying in a cot. Her ribs burned. Her left eye throbbed with swelling. And her entire body felt like someone had folded it wrong and left it in a drawer.

She looked and saw the blue-eyed boy standing there.

Panicked, she moved to sit—then groaned and laid back.

Her whole body throbbed with pain and she cried out.

A sharp voice said “Don’t.”

Nurse Ebbely stood nearby, shaking a ...