Chapter 21

"She's asking for you."

I jerk awake to find the old healer standing over me. It takes a second to remember where I am. The small house, the village, Mom almost dying.

"Is she okay?" I sit up too fast and my head spins.

"She's stable. But she wants to see you. Now."

I scramble out of bed. Drogo is already gone, probably outside keeping watch. The healer leads me to the room where Mom is lying on a cot. She looks better than yesterday. There's color in her cheeks and her eyes are clear when she looks at me.

"Mom." I kneel next to the bed and...