New Life and the Regained Pup
One leg was bent at a completely unnatural angle, clearly broken and never properly healed.
Her entire body was a map of overlapping wounds—some fresh and still bleeding, others partially healed into ugly scars, still others infected and festering. Blood and filth were so caked onto her skin that it was impossible to tell where one ended and the other began.
Her hair, once Elena's pride and carefully maintained crown of golden silk, now hung in matted, greasy clumps around her face. That face itself was so swollen and damaged that it took me several long moments of careful study to recognize her features.