Chapter 17

• “Oh, my darling, Rachel.”
• Avery pushed the door open, and rushed into the room where I was lying on the flat mattress like a log of wood, in intense pain. Her eyes were already swollen to show how long she had been crying.
• She fell to her knees on seeing my gloomy face. Ever since I stepped my feet into the Silver Crust Pack, all I have ever known was pain and sorrows. Mere looking at me, she could see how miserable I looked.