Chapter 11

The healer won't stop touching my face and I want to slap her hands away but I don't because that would be rude and I'm trying not to be the problem child here even though everyone already thinks I am. Her fingers are cold and they smell like herbs and something else I can't identify. She keeps making these little humming sounds while she examines the bruise and each hum makes me want to scream.

Sara's watching from the corner and she looks like she might cry which is stupid because she's not the one who got hit. I don't understand why people get emotional over other people's...