#Chapter57

Masha

A wet, cool nose nudged my face. I winced, and slowly opened my eyes. I saw bare earth and blackened grass, ash and smoke wafting on the breeze.

“He’s awake! Masha, can you get up?” asked Keanu, as he wave the others away to make a room for me as I slowly sat.

After a take a deep breath to calm myself, I climbed on my feet. I frowned, wondering what haf happened, and looked around. Smoke and charred meat filled my nose, and I sneezed. Bodies were burnt past recognition and lay scattered across the ground under the trees, and there wasn’t a tree or patch of...