Chapter 45 - Another broken girl joins the party

PoV: Aurea Annes

I wake up feeling a bit groggy.

There's something soft and warm on my side, but I'm on a cold and hard surface.

Where am I?

There is a ceiling over me. A stone ceiling. I'm not in the Barrens, then...

The Barrens...

Ah, yeah... We went to a dungeon. This is the ceiling of the dungeon.

The scorpion!

Wait, how am I not dead?

I can smell the scent of blood. Lots of blood.

I raise my left hand so I can see it. As I suspected, it's completely soaked in blood. But the blood is dried already, so it's like a crust over my skin and clothes.

Wait, why am I not feeling pain? I remember, my foot...

I try to move my feet, and they are both there. I am even able to feel one foot with the other. The left foot is just without its boot.

Was it all a dream, after all?

No, but the blood is here and very real. And the boot is not there.