United (Exalted Trilogy: Book 3) by Elizabeth Tara

Author:Elizabeth, Tara
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: scifi, action, young adult, dystopia, ya, dystopian, trilogy, exalted
Publisher: Tara Elizabeth

Chapter 30 / Ryker

"Ryker, seriously. I'm fine."

"No, you're not. Look at all this blood." How Mena even managed to make it back here without passing out is beyond me—and she carried Jenna the whole way. "It's time for someone to take care of you now."

"You have an arrow in your chest!" she growls at me.

"Tommy, work on Mena first." I tell the scrawny boy as we approach the little tent surrounded by mosquito netting.

The scrawny youth hurries inside. "Okay. Mena, please sit here." He points to a white cot on his right. Tommy and his mother provide most of the village's medical care. Tommy also acts as Cap's assistant. He's a good kid with a big heart.

I carefully lead Mena to the cot and then slowly back away, letting Tommy get a closer look at her obvious wounds. "Let's get that shirt off so I can clean these scrapes up and get a better look," he says.

Mena's stomach is raw. Small scrapes litter her flesh, while one deep gash runs across the middle of her abdomen. It looks awful.

"Ryker, I'm okay," she says. She's watching me while Tommy cleans her wounds and begins to suture the deeper wound. She fights a grimace and smiles instead.

"I know you’re okay," I respond, bringing my hand up to my head as I try not to grimace as well.

"But you're rubbing your head,” Mena says. “You always do that when you're worried."

I drop the one hand that I can manage to lift to my side . . .

"Ryker!" Cap calls. We all turn as we hear him approaching.

"I'll be right back," I tell them and force myself to move before Mena can stop me. Once outside, I stop before Cap who is waiting for me to explain why I have an arrow coming out of my chest. "Looked like those marauders from the silo encampment. They shot our scout, David. He's dead. Then they shot me, but I took them out before they breached the perimeter. It wasn't related to the Republic. I think they were just chasing after Mena and Jenna. They had a four-wheeler. It’s still out there if you want to retrieve it when you go to see about David’s remains."

Cap looks relieved and sad. He nods. "Okay. I'll have someone retrieve the body. I’ll let his parents know. So sad." His shoulders drop and he shakes his head as he walks away.

Back in the tent, Mena is already bandaged up. "Your turn," Tommy says as he walks toward me. He uses scissors to cut off my shirt and then inspects the wound. "You got lucky. Really lucky," he says as he forces the arrow deeper into my shoulder and out of my back.

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