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Her body ached and screamed at her, filling her head so much that a headache developed. It hurt to breathe too deep, her ribs badly bruised, perhaps even cracked. It could have been much worse, she knew. If the beam hadn't hit something else before her it would have crushed her. Her ribs wouldn't just be bruised they'd be broken. They probably would have ripped and punctured her other organs and her life would have leaked out of her quickly but agonizingly. Cambria knew this, but that didn't stop the fear that had consumed her as she had been trapped under the beam with the rest of the barn falling all around her. It didn't stop the pain that she did feel. Just as the last time her life had been threatened, she felt as if she had aged years in the span of minutes. The girl was tired and she was drained.
Her mother had wanted her to stay downstairs with her, but Cambi had refused, not wanting to bring the negative vibes into the room her small new siblings lived in. They didn't need those upset emotions surrounding them. Still, Savina had insisted on staying in her room with her to look after her. Her father stayed down with Silvano, Parker, and Artemis. After she had been taken to her room she had instructed her mother on how to care for the scrapes on her body, how to pick out the splinters, how to clean, and how to wrap. Cambria knew she was in better shape than her poor aunt though. She wanted to be with Ghita, healing her as was her duty, but she could not. They both needed care. She hated that barn, for hurting her family when they had only been coming in to save her. She hated that her aunt had been so badly injured on her account.
Sleep had been fitful and short at best. She would drift in and out of consciousness, her rest broken whenever her body moved or shifted at all, pain shooting and spreading out all over. Before the sun was even risen she had given up on her fruitless attempts. Cambria knew that her mother had slept even less, but she had asked if her daughter was hungry and Cambi couldn't lie that she wasn't. So her dark mother had given her a kiss before leaving to go catch her something, promising to be back as soon as she could. When she left Cambria had closed her eyes, more for appearance's sake than anything else, though she did manage another few short naps before she heard the soft creaking of the door.
Sea green eyes opened halfway, expecting her mother, but it was not her mother she saw. Her heart shot to life, jumping in her chest. A weak smile came to her delicate features and her hand lifted slowly, reaching out for the figure in her doorway. "Mati..."
Her body ached and screamed at her, filling her head so much that a headache developed. It hurt to breathe too deep, her ribs badly bruised, perhaps even cracked. It could have been much worse, she knew. If the beam hadn't hit something else before her it would have crushed her. Her ribs wouldn't just be bruised they'd be broken. They probably would have ripped and punctured her other organs and her life would have leaked out of her quickly but agonizingly. Cambria knew this, but that didn't stop the fear that had consumed her as she had been trapped under the beam with the rest of the barn falling all around her. It didn't stop the pain that she did feel. Just as the last time her life had been threatened, she felt as if she had aged years in the span of minutes. The girl was tired and she was drained.
Her mother had wanted her to stay downstairs with her, but Cambi had refused, not wanting to bring the negative vibes into the room her small new siblings lived in. They didn't need those upset emotions surrounding them. Still, Savina had insisted on staying in her room with her to look after her. Her father stayed down with Silvano, Parker, and Artemis. After she had been taken to her room she had instructed her mother on how to care for the scrapes on her body, how to pick out the splinters, how to clean, and how to wrap. Cambria knew she was in better shape than her poor aunt though. She wanted to be with Ghita, healing her as was her duty, but she could not. They both needed care. She hated that barn, for hurting her family when they had only been coming in to save her. She hated that her aunt had been so badly injured on her account.
Sleep had been fitful and short at best. She would drift in and out of consciousness, her rest broken whenever her body moved or shifted at all, pain shooting and spreading out all over. Before the sun was even risen she had given up on her fruitless attempts. Cambria knew that her mother had slept even less, but she had asked if her daughter was hungry and Cambi couldn't lie that she wasn't. So her dark mother had given her a kiss before leaving to go catch her something, promising to be back as soon as she could. When she left Cambria had closed her eyes, more for appearance's sake than anything else, though she did manage another few short naps before she heard the soft creaking of the door.
Sea green eyes opened halfway, expecting her mother, but it was not her mother she saw. Her heart shot to life, jumping in her chest. A weak smile came to her delicate features and her hand lifted slowly, reaching out for the figure in her doorway. "Mati..."