Haxan by Kenneth Mark Hoover

Author:Kenneth Mark Hoover
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781771481762
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
Published: 2014-10-16T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

My eyes fluttered open. Magra sat beside my bed. Her braided hair fell across one shoulder as she bent forward and laid a hand against my forehead.

“You’re in Doc’s surgery,” she whispered. “It’s been three days since you were shot. You had a fever.”

“Jake?” I rasped. Last I saw, he was reeling backward with a lot of blood on his back.

“The bullet skinned under his left arm and went through the muscle of his back. He hit his head against the windowsill and got a concussion, but he’s going to be all right. No, John, you must lie still.”

I tried to sit up. Big mistake. My head felt like it was full of jelly. Waves of leaden fatigue sloshed through my limbs, deadening my hands and feet.

“You had two bullets in you,” Magra said. “You got an infection and almost died. But you’re out of it now.” She squeezed my hand, hard.

Someone drummed on the window and eaves with muffled sticks. “What’s that noise?” I asked, confused.

“Rain.”

I stared at the ceiling and tried to count the vigas. My brain was too tired. I closed my eyes.

“Magra.”

Her voice drifted out of the darkness. “I’ll be here when you wake. You sleep now.”

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