Chapter 35: To Risk It All

The next time I saw the light of day I found myself inside some kind of tent laid on a bed of linen spread over hard wooden planks.

I groaned as I lifted my stiff neck.

How long had I been lying there?

"Welcome back," A soft voice said.

It was Lou. He was stood on the other side of the tent, by the door, with his arms folded as he watched over me.

I scrunched my eyes together and the effort required to lift my body any further proving too much, I let myself fall back onto the bed.

"What happened?" I asked.

"You got knocked out cold," he said, "You've been unconscious for nearly two days."

I stared at him in disbelief, "Two days?"

"Like I said...cold," he replied.

"All I remember is sinking to the bottom of the lake. Then someone pulled me to the surface and that's it," I said.

Lou smiled, "A few moments after you fell off that cliff, Alpha Rivers jumped after you. By the time he got you to the shore, you we