Beneath the Scars

Since no one had treated Gareth's wound, it got infected, and after kneeling for most of the night, he was burning up with a high fever.

He slumped to the side and went down.

The loud thud snapped Beatrix out of her sleepy daze as she knelt there.

Beatrix scrambled to her feet and hurried over to Gareth. "Gareth?"

When she touched his arm and realized how burning hot he was, Beatrix slung Gareth o